🔮 Ranieri, Pioli or... a 2006 legend! Who’s best to follow Spalletti? | OneFootball

Italy is facing a new shock after the dismissal of Luciano Spalletti. The CT will close the adventure by challenging Moldova and then a new cycle will open for the National team.

Who is the right profile to start again? Among names, negotiations, and suggestions, let's try to take stock.

RANIERI CERTAINTY, PIOLI NORMALIZER

The two names in vogue with the Federation's ideas are Claudio Ranieri, in pole position, and Stefano Pioli. Sir Claudio has recently taken on the new role of advisor to Roma and as his first move, he worked on hiring Gasperini.

Ranieri's human greatness and ability to reunite and compact even disastrous environments make the Testaccio technician probably the ideal profile. If his human depth is added to technical skills that, despite his age, have proven to be still contemporary and winning, this explains the FIGC's pressure.

A certainty even if the only experience as a selector with Greece went very badly.

The other name is Stefano Pioli, defined for most of his career as a normalizer. A profile capable of normalizing things could be the right one, but on Pioli, there is a huge unknown (similar to the one that then occurred with Spalletti) of being a field coach and an everyday coach.

AND IF IT WERE A WORLD CHAMPION?

An eye on the profiles appreciated by the Federation in relation to their glorious past as players with the National team. The name of Daniele De Rossi is in the National orbit: DDR has already participated as a collaborator of Mancini in the winning European Championship and his profile is liked.

An eye also on Fabio Cannavaro, wandering after Dinamo Zagabria and possible Federation man.

Experience or bet, which path will the FIGC aim for?

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