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La Gazzetta dello Sport notes that Antonio Conte would be the ideal candidate for the Italy job, as long as he agrees to serve for four years, with the aim of bringing the Azzurri back to the World Cup in 2030.

“Pep Guardiola would generate enormous excitement, but his style of football requires daily training sessions and would probably lose its effectiveness at Coverciano.

“Roberto Mancini won the Euros in 2021, only to tarnish that achievement with his departure for Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2023.

“The doors should be thrown wide open for a second spell under Conte, on the condition that he does not stop at all at the 2028 European Championship, but instead sets his sights on the 2030 World Cup and finally closes the cursed circle of failures to qualify for football’s biggest competition. This is no minor detail.”

“In that case, it would feel like winning the World Cup itself. Conte 2030 would benefit everyone, including him. If he restores Italy to where it once belonged, he will be remembered as the father of the footballing nation.”

Malagò proposes amongst other things a system of incentives to get more young Italian players getting time on the field in Serie A, along with a national plan to help the construction of new stadiums and training structures.

Abete’s plan would limit the powers of Serie A to block progress, insisting that the FIGC should have the opportunity to make decisions for the good of the overall football movement in Italy

He is also pushing for the reduction of the number of clubs, but the introduction of a managerial group to run the Club Italia section around the Nazionale.

Meanwhile, there is also an election for new federation councillors, and candidates include Inter President Beppe Marotta and Juventus director Giorgio Chiellini.

Interim Italy head coach Silvio Baldini says that he only intends to call up players from the U21 squad for June’s friendlies against Luxembourg and Greece, and has explained that coaches in Serie A need to find a balancing act between achieving results and handing opportunities to youngsters.

Il 25 maggio, il tecnico annuncerà le convocazioni per le amichevoli contro Lussemburgo (3 giugno) e Grecia (7 giugno, a Creta)

Claudio Ranieri admits he would join the Italy squad, either as coach or a director. ‘I said no before because I had a job, but now I am free. When called by your country, you say yes.’

Roberto Baggio has sat down for a rare in-depth interview, discussing his playing career, the 1994 World Cup final, his relationships with Diego Maradona, Alessandro Del Piero, his family and his religion, and has had his say on the issues facing the Italy national team: ‘Kids aren’t playing in the street anymore’.

Both potential FIGC Presidential candidates Giancarlo Abete and Giovanni Malagò met with the Lega Serie B today, and whoever they support could be in charge of Italian football.