Gabriele Gravina, the president of the Italian Football Association, has decided that Luciano Spalletti will be the next Azzurri manager. The agreement on personal terms is close. The announcement might arrive during the upcoming weekend.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Federation isn’t worried about the clause deriving from his divorce from Napoli. The body extensively consulted its lawyers, who consider it a non-compete agreement valid if the coach joined another club, not the national team.
Moreover, if there was an NDA in place as well, Aurelio De Laurentiis violated it with his letter tackling the matter. FIGC is ready for the legal dispute Napoli might start if Spalletti was hired without going through them.
The Azzurri will face North Macedonia and Ukraine in less than a month. The problem isn’t monetary but political. The Federation has €90M in its coffers. However, it doesn’t want to pay roughly €3M to avoid creating a precedent, the outlet informs.
Our Take on Italy Targeting Spalletti
Considering how well Napoli played last season, and really most of his sides, the only doubts come from the fact that he never coached a national team. Still, he’s been around the block for a minute. It shouldn’t be a huge issue. The clause with the Azzurri president is nothing more than a minor bother that will get sorted soon enough or perhaps disregarded altogether.
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