Turin, 20 July (LaPresse) – “Is the shortlist for Italy’s head coach limited to Mancini and Pirlo? There are other possible names for the role of head coach. But I won’t mention them.” So said FIGC president Giovanni Malagò in an interview with Sky Sport 24 regarding the selection of the national team’s next head coach. “There’s no disagreement whatsoever over the manager, but the concept of ‘consensus’ stems from the idea that everyone must be in agreement. Assuming this idea exists, it then needs to be worked out in practical terms. We’re talking about going into the details of a specific candidate. Just a few more days’ patience and you’ll know everything,” he assured. “It took me two weeks to bring Maldini and Leonardo on board. Why did it take me two weeks? Because they are serious people, who were very interested right from the start, but who also wanted to know straight away the details of their role, what I had in mind, and who works and would work with them. They also paid a flying visit to Coverciano and took a look around the training centre. Over these two weeks, I’ve held six to eight video conferences, during which we’ve discussed everything. And the one thing we’ve talked about the least — I can assure you — is the financial and contractual side of things. This underlines their professionalism. In this regard, we’ve explored every aspect of the concept of total shared decision-making on various matters, where the ultimate decision-making authority lies with the head coach, but that’s not the only one. There are many other key figures.”
National team, Malagò: ‘Mancini or Pirlo as manager? There may be other names in the running, but there’s no conflict’
Turin, 20 July (LaPresse) – “Is the shortlist for Italy’s head coach limited to Mancini and Pirlo? There are other possible names for the role of head coach. But I won’t mention them.” So said FIGC president Giovanni Malagò in an interview with Sky Sport 24 regarding the selection of the national team’s next head coach. “There’s no disagreement whatsoever over the manager, but the concept of ‘consensus’ stems from the idea that everyone must be in agreement. Assuming this idea exists, it then needs to be worked out in practical terms. We’re talking about going into the details of a specific candidate. Just a few more days’ patience and you’ll know everything,” he assured. “It took me two weeks to bring Maldini and Leonardo on board. Why did it take me two weeks? Because they are serious people, who were very interested right from the start, but who also wanted to know straight away the details of their role, what I had in mind, and who works and would work with them. They also paid a flying visit to Coverciano and took a look around the training centre. Over these two weeks, I’ve held six to eight video conferences, during which we’ve discussed everything. And the one thing we’ve talked about the least — I can assure you — is the financial and contractual side of things. This underlines their professionalism. In this regard, we’ve explored every aspect of the concept of total shared decision-making on various matters, where the ultimate decision-making authority lies with the head coach, but that’s not the only one. There are many other key figures.”
