Former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has replaced Gabriele Cioffi as head coach of Udinese for the remainder of the 2023-24 season.
Cannavaro, 50, has been named as Cioffi’s successor after he was sacked on Monday following Udinese’s 1-0 defeat to Verona the club’s fourth loss in their most recent five league matches.
The former central defender has signed a contract with Udinese for the remainder of the campaign and will be assisted by his younger brother Paolo Cannavaro, whom he previously worked alongside during his stints as head coach of Chinese club Guangzhou and.
Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi will face no action after the investigation into an alleged racist remark he made towards Napoli’s Juan Jesus concluded there was insufficient evidence to take the matter further.
Jesus, 32, alleged that Acerbi, 36, used a racial slur towards him and that he reported the incident to the referee, Federico La Penna. Acerbi denied using racist language towards Jesus.
However, a statement from Serie A on Tuesday confirmed that despite reading the referee’s report, interviewing players, and re-watching the video showing the alleged offence, there.
Jose Mourinho has claimed that he turned down the opportunity to be England manager before Fabio Capello took the job in December 2007.
The 61-year-old, who was 44 at the time, would have succeeded Steve McClaren in the job soon after the failure to qualify for Euro 2008.
The revelation came after Mourinho was asked his opinion on the long-standing debate between Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes on Rio Ferdinand’s YouTube channel, FIVE.
“I could have been the coach of their national team. I had it there on the table,” responded the recently sacked Roma manager,.