National chaos, friends in defense of Roberto Mancini

Deteriorating relationships and lack of trust in him

Mancini’s farewell to the national team is still causing much discussion. No one expected that he could leave the role of CT, especially in this way and with this timing. Many have justified his decision by linking it to the rich offer that came from Saudi Arabia (monster hire to become CT of the Saudi Arabia national team).

According to Mancini’s closest friends, reached by Gazzetta dello Sport, this would not be the real reason for his farewell to the national team. In the past, he had already said no to financially important proposals, always putting his beloved national team first. Underlying his gesture would be quite other reasons. Mancini felt “limited.” The new appointments, Gravina’s words after the Nations League, in short, a kind of lack of trust in him that the Mancio would not have liked and that would have led him to mature the decision to leave.

The feeling that certain choices were coming from above made the pot overflow. Friends, moreover, point out that, someone like Mancini, always has a market. Now that he will be free, many will be looking for him, exactly as happened when he was leading the national team. Only now, free from commitments with the national team, he will not say no no matter what.