Soccer-Buffon confirms Gattuso set to become Italy manager
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Play-Off - First Leg - Shakhtar Donetsk v Olympique de Marseille - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany - February 15, 2024 Olympique de Marseille coach Gennaro Gattuso reacts REUTERS/Cathrin Mueller/File Photo
(Reuters) -Italy are set to appoint their former midfielder Gennaro Gattuso as new manager to replace the recently sacked Luciano Spalletti, Gianluigi Buffon, head of delegation with the Italian football federation (FIGC), said on Saturday.
"We have worked, we are now waiting for the final details," Buffon, speaking at the Under-21 European Championship, told Italy's state broadcaster RAI when asked to confirm that Gattuso would be announced as the new coach.
"The president and the whole federation have had some busy days but I think that in the end we made the best choice."
Spalletti's sacking came after less than two years in the job, taking charge for the final time in the 2-0 win over Moldova the day after he announced his own dismissal following a 3-0 loss in Norway in Italy's opening World Cup qualifying game.
Gattuso, who made 73 appearances for Italy and was a member of the 2006 World Cup winning squad, recently left Croatian club Hajduk Split by mutual consent, after a third-placed finish in the country's top flight.
(Reporting by Trevor Stynes)
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