Roberto Mancini, his truth about farewell to Italy.

Roberto Mancini’s words

Roberto Mancini from the pages of Repubblica and Libero spoke about his resounding farewell to the national team: “I tried to explain my reasons to Gravina, I told him I needed peace of mind, he did not guarantee it, so I resigned. I did nothing to get slaughtered.”

The now former coach then came down hard: “Have you ever seen a federal president change his coach’s staff? He’s been wanting to do that for a year. I made him understand that he couldn’t but he played on the fact that a couple were expiring. He’s been thinking things opposite to mine for a long time, he should have sent me away at that point.”

“Arabia? I don’t deny that there is interest from their side. The two situations are independent, and anyway now I don’t want to think about anything. I was sorry to read bad things, I find there was a lack of respect. I am very sad.”

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.