Following Guardiola’s refusal, Maldini and Leonardo decided to focus on the man they believe is ideal for the restart in Italy.
Pep Guardiola, as expected and predictable, said no, and the new management of the Azzurri immediately turned to Andrea Pirlo, who agreed to become the new coach of the Italian national team. On the other hand, the words that Maldini and Leonardo spoke on Thursday at the Serie A League assembly do not leave much room for interpretation: for the Italian bench, either the best of all, with whom we share the game and football philosophy, or the one who “thinks like us, with whom there is harmony, who shares our ideas.” Someone like Andrea Pirlo, a man whom the new technical management identified from the outset as ideal for what they see as the necessary project to revive our football. Moreover, to pretend a priori that technical specialists with the experience and temperament of Conte or Mancini “think like them” is practically science fiction. Better than a younger profile, inclined towards more modern football, open to any advice and guidance.
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Pirlo has not had a successful coaching career (to put it mildly), but Maldini has always seen in him an extraordinary football vision and is willing to bet on it. Some have accused him in the past of not having the strength of character to lead the dressing room (which is certainly not easy for the national team), but for this reason there are two coaches, whom President Malago has entrusted with much of the choice of the future of the Italian team, ready to raise their voices with anyone who questions him.
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What’s happening now? Contacts with Pirlo continue and he is obviously enthusiastically taking part in this project, which, already in the choice of his coach, has something revolutionary. The former Milan and Juventus midfielder has already accepted the offer from Maldini and Leonardo. And in financial and industrial groups everyone resigns themselves to the idea of working weekends. On Tuesday there will be a meeting of the Federal Council, which should not formally participate in the selection (the Charter stipulates that it is only “heard”), but this could still be a good opportunity for an announcement. Pirlo should have a contract until the 2030 World Cup, even if Maldini has the idea in his head to go a long way, given that the revival should start with 12-13 year olds and end at 8-10 years old. Numbers? Common sense makes us think that if Mancini would be satisfied with 2 million per season, then Pirlo cannot go beyond one and a half million. Hoping in the future to have good reasons (read victories) to raise his salary. Barring any sensational surprises or complications that will probably not please the technical management, Pirlo will be the new coach. And it will be soon.
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