Overview
- Multiple Turkish and Italian outlets report the Turkish Football Federation leadership has decided to relieve Vincenzo Montella of his role, though the TFF has not yet issued an official statement.
- Reports say the federation has agreed to pay Montella five months' wages, about €915,000, because his contract was extended in June 2025 to run through Euro 2028.
- A 3-1 loss to Italy in Bologna on Monday completed four straight Nations League defeats after Turkey’s World Cup group-stage exit, a run that media cite as the main trigger for the decision.
- Former Turkey captain Arda Turan, who now coaches Shakhtar Donetsk, is widely reported as the frontrunner and has been discussed for a possible dual club-and-national role.
- If confirmed, the change would take place before Turkey’s mid-November fixtures at home to Belgium and away to France and will sharpen focus on the team’s threat of relegation from Nations League A and the new coach’s need to stabilise the squad.