Mancini favorite to succeed Prandelli
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FORMER Inter Milan and Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has emerged as the early favorite to be the next Italy coach after Cesare Prandelli resigned following the Azzurri’s World Cup exit on Tuesday.
Italy’s 0-1 defeat by Uruguay sent it out of the tournament following a loss to Costa Rica and a win over England in Group D and Prandelli said he took responsibility for the failure.
Influential daily newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport cited Mancini as the most likely to be offered the job along with former AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri.
Mancini is available after leaving Turkish club Galatasaray this month and he has the backing of Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic.
“I think of the names being mentioned, Mancini is the most appropriate — he is relatively young but has experience. He has coached in Italy and internationally, he has won in Italy and abroad,” Serbia’s Mihajlovic, who was a teammate of Mancini’s at Lazio, told Gazzetta.
Mancini, who won the Premier League with City and Serie A with Inter, might have to take a lower salary than in club football and that could be a sticking point.
The other names in the frame include former Udinese and AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti who was sacked by Russian club Zenit St Petersburg in March and Alberto Zaccheroni, the ex-Milan coach, whose Japan team was eliminated at the group stage on Tuesday.
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