Claudio Ranieri, former Rome former and other football teams the Italian series, has rejected Tuesday to be Italy coach replacing the dismissed Luciano Spalletti and will continue as an advisor to the Roman team.
“I thank the President (of the Italian Football Federation) Gabriele Gravina the opportunity, a great honor, but I have reflected and I have decided to remain available to Rome in my new position in full,” Ranieri told the Ansa agency.
The coach added: “The Friedkin (owners of Rome) have given me all their support and support for any decision that I made regarding the selection, but the decision is only mine.”
After the surprise dismissal of Spalletti announced last Sunday, Gravina had thought of Ranieri, 73, to train the “Azzurra”, after leaving the bench of Rome, after rescuing the team with a large final stretch of the season, and becoming an advisor to the club.
Pioli, Plan B
For his part, Spalletti saved his farewell as a minimum as a minimum as a coach of Italy, with a victory against Moldova (2-0) that, far from dissipating, increased doubts about the game of the national team, which occupies the fourth place of the group, with three points in two games of the classification phase of the 2026 World Cup.
The media now suggest that the Spaletti substitute can be the one that was plan B, Stefano Pioliwho will terminate his contract with AL NASSR at the end of July.
