Zinedine Zidane named new France head coach following World Cup
- Mancini, who coached from 2018 to 2023, reportedly returns to the job with Italy having failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup since 2014.
- Former Italy manager Roberto Mancini is set for a second spell as national team coach, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
- Mancini will replace Gennaro Gattuso, who left the post in April following a World Cup qualifying defeat by Bosnia and Herzegovina, the third time in a row the four-times world champions had failed to reach the global showpiece event.
Confirmed
- Former Italy manager Roberto Mancini is set for a second spell as national team coach, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
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- Mancini, who coached from 2018 to 2023, reportedly returns to the job with Italy having failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup since 2014.
- Mancini will replace Gennaro Gattuso, who left the post in April following a World Cup qualifying defeat by Bosnia and Herzegovina, the third time in a row the four-times world champions had failed to reach the global showpiece event.
Sources: Al Jazeera