Paolo Maldini has agreed to turn out to be the Italian federation’s new technical director, taking up a job created particularly for him because the FIGC begins the duty of rebuilding the nationwide crew.
In line with , the and Italy legend has accepted the proposal of recent federation president Giovanni Malagò after an extended wait, signing a four-year contract on phrases described as beneficial to the FIGC.
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will function technical director and president of Membership Italia, a place with out precedent within the federation, with sweeping accountability that extends past appointing the following head coach to overseeing all the national-team pathway.
In a shock addition, Leonardo, his former Milan teammate and colleague, joins him in an advisory capability.
BERGAMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 16: Sporting Technique & Improvement Director Paolo Maldini and AC Milan Membership Sporting Director Leonardo De Araujo earlier than the Serie A match between and AC Milan at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia on February 16, 2019 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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Maldini and Leonardo to steer seek for new Italy coach
The pair’s first process is probably the most urgent: figuring out the person to steer the Azzurri into the following cycle. The names favoured by Malagò have been circulating for a while, Antonio Conte and Roberto Mancini foremost amongst them, and it now stays to be seen whether or not they meet with the approval of the brand new technical management.
The appointment lands on the lowest ebb within the nationwide crew’s trendy historical past. Italy have missed three consecutive World Cups, watching this summer season’s match from residence whereas former internationals queue as much as lament the decline.
The venture, as framed by the federation, is to relaunch the Azzurri with the following World Cup because the horizon, and in turning to Maldini, a person who lifted 5 European Cups and embodied Italian defending for 1 / 4 of a century, the FIGC has reached for probably the most revered determine out there.
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For Maldini, it marks a return to the entrance line three years on from his acrimonious exit as Milan’s technical director, this time with the burden of a footballing nation’s expectations on his shoulders.