It wasn’t Norway’s 1-4 win at San Siro in the World Cup qualifiers that sent Gennaro Gatusso into the job search queue, but there was a real stripe in the coaching paint of the Italian legend, but when the World Cup ticket also went to the playoffs and the whole of Italy had to follow another World Cup playoff without participation, it was stopped. Gatusso apologized, took responsibility and resigned as national team coach in March. Three months later, he is back in the ring.
Lazio and Marurizio Sarri went their separate ways after the end of the season, on Tuesday Gattuso was patted in as the new coach of the club to “lead the club towards their sporting goals”.
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According to transfer journalist Nicolo Schira, Gattuso has a contract until the summer of 2028 with an option to extend until the summer of 2029. The coach’s annual salary is around 1.5 million euros, it is reported.
In addition to the Italian national team, Gattuso has also managed clubs such as Hajduk Split, Marseille, Valencia, Napoli and AC Milan.
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For us, it was interesting that the coach who was sunk by Ståle Solbakken and Norway at the San Siro itself, a few hours after Norway qualified for the round of 16 in the World Cup Italy is not participating, is back at work.
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