Report: Guardiola ready for national team amid Italy links | OneFootball

Reports in Italy claim that Pep Guardiola is ‘ready’ to step into the world of international management and that he remains the ‘dream’ candidate to replace Gennaro Gattuso as CT.

Guardiola ready for international management, remains Italy’s dream,

Guardiola is expected to leave Manchester City at the end of the 2025-26 season after 10 seasons at the Etihad Stadium, during which time the coach has won six Premier League titles, three FA Cups, five EFL Cups, a Champions League, a UEFA Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup trophy. He is set to be replaced by Italian head coach and former assistant Enzo Maresca.

Italy, meanwhile, are still on the lookout for a new head coach of the national team following the resignation of Gattuso shortly after the World Cup play-off final defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the end of March.

Antonio Conte and Massimiliano Allegri are two of the leading names that have been mentioned for the vacant Italy national team job, Wednesday’s reports claim that Roberto Mancini is an option again. The ‘dream’ option, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, is still Guardiola.

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 27: Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, acknowledges the fans after the team’s victory during the Emirates FA Cup Semi Final match between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on April 27, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

La Gazzetta writes that after 17 full seasons as a head coach in club football between his spells with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, Guardiola is ‘ready’ to dabble in the world of international management.

The Pink Paper suggests that Guardiola could take on a national team role after the upcoming 2026 World Cup, or potentially after the European Championship in 2028, depending on whether he decides to take a sabbatical or not.