“There are also financial and budgetary aspects. In the short-medium term, saying that we need to tighten our belts is an understatement. However, exceptions have been made which may concern the name which is so overbearing at the moment. Guardiola? Yes.”
Thus the president of the Football Federation, Giovanni Malagò, guest of Vivavoce, a broadcast in collaboration between Chora, Will and Cronache di locker room, admits the existence of a negotiation with Pep Guardiola for the role of coach of the national team.
The dialogue with Guardiola
“It is not a given that this thing will be successful – added the number one of the FIGC – However, I believe that it was right and important to open a dialogue and keep it alive and warm. It is absolutely not a lack of respect towards other subjects, with whom the discussion has already started”.
Not only Guardiola among the candidates
Malagò also underlines that not only the names of Guardiola, Mancini and Pirlo are in the running: “In the most absolute way. If you think about a profile, these names certainly fall within these profile categories”, he concludes.