Andrea Pirlo is broadly anticipated to take over as the brand new Italy coach imminently with a contract to the 2030 World Cup, after Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola turned it down.
The Azzurri may lastly be on the verge of securing a CT for the primary time since Gennaro Gattuso resigned within the wake of their failed 2026 World Cup play-offs.
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Technical director Paolo Maldini and particular advisor Leonardo confirmed in yesterday’s press convention that that they had spoken to their outdated Milan boss Ancelotti first, then to Guardiola.
With information at this time that so as to keep nearer to his household after a decade at ,
Pirlo prepared for Italy position
REGGIO NELL’EMILIA, ITALY – MAY 12: Andrea Pirlo, Head Coach of seems on previous to the Serie A match between and Juventus at Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore on Might 12, 2021 in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy. Sporting stadiums round Italy stay underneath strict restrictions because of the Coronavirus Pandemic as Authorities social distancing legal guidelines prohibit followers inside venues leading to video games being performed behind closed doorways. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
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In response to , the announcement may come earlier than the weekend is out.
Though he’s presently underneath contract with UAE Professional League facet United FC, a job he solely took in July 2025, however terminating that settlement shouldn’t be an excessive amount of of a difficulty.
Official: Andrea Pirlo is the brand new head coach of the Dubai-based United FC of the UAE first division.
His cope with Italy ought to run to the tip of the 2030 World Cup, and be price roughly €1.5m per season wages.
That’s considerably lower than would’ve been required for Ancelotti, Guardiola, Roberto Mancini or Antonio Conte.
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The 47-year-old is, like predecessor Gattuso, a veteran of the squad that received the 2006 World Cup.
His teaching profession has been considerably combined, profitable the Coppa Italia in his one season at Juventus, then one 12 months with Karagumruk in Turkiye, earlier than a sluggish marketing campaign in Serie B for Sampdoria.
FLORENCE, ITALY – JANUARY 29: Andrea Pirlo in the course of the “Panchina d’Oro” award season 2022/2023 at Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano on January 29, 2024 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
A very powerful causes for calling on Pirlo are his robust bond with Maldini and Leonardo, his former teammates at , and contemplating Ancelotti a mentor too.
They consider he could be probably the most receptive to their concepts for revamping the youth academies and creating a transparent id for the Nazionale primarily based on method.