MANAGER Gennaro Gattuso and Italy have agreed to “mutually terminate” his contract following his failure to qualify Italy for the World Cup.
This is the third time in a row the 2006 champions have failed to qualify for footballs greatest competition.
Italy missed out on qualification after falling to a 4-1 penalty shootout defeat to Bosnia – Herzegovina in Tuesday’s play-off game.
Gattuso only managed eight games in charge of the Azzurri after succeeding Luciano Spaletti iin June.
Gattuso stated that the defeat was “hard to digest” in his post match press conference.
Gattuso’s termination shortly followed the resignation of Gabriele Gravina, the head of the Italian football association (FIGC), on Thursday.
Gianluigi Buffon also resigned as delegation head via Instagram.
Potential candidates are already being talked about, managers such as Antonio Conte, Roberto Mancini, Fabio Cannavaro, Massimiliano Allegri and Stefano Pioli are all managers that could potentially be under consideration.
However, many Italian fans have been calling out for a change in the structure of the association, rather than the manager, so could we see a drastic change in the set up of Italian football? Could that be their pathway of becoming World Champions once again?
Well, we will have to wait at least another four years, minimum.
