Overview
- Paolo Maldini and Leonardo resigned from their FIGC roles after just 16 days following the federation’s decision to remove Andrea Pirlo from contention for the national coach job.
- Giovanni Malagò publicly took responsibility for halting Pirlo’s appointment, citing concerns tied to Pirlo’s commercial ties to Russian sponsor Fonbet and calling the move an assessment of opportunity.
- On Tuesday Malagò announced Roberto Mancini as Italy’s new head coach and Claudio Ranieri as director tecnico and president of Club Italia, with formal presentations scheduled for the coming days.
- The appointments aim to centralize decision-making and calm the crisis but drew criticism from parts of Serie A and prompted calls from football figures and the sport minister for a swift, transparent resolution.
- The federation says it will add a third senior figure this week to coordinate youth and national teams while staff, players and fixtures — notably the compressed Nations League schedule — make quick stabilization urgent.