Overview
- Giovanni Malagò won the FIGC presidential vote with 68.58 percent and took office after the federation's extraordinary assembly on June 22, positioning himself to lead a rapid recovery.
- Malagò said he has not spoken to Roberto Mancini about the Italy job and that the federation will review candidates before any appointment is made.
- Paolo Maldini is widely reported to be close to taking a newly created technical director role that would link the FIGC, clubs and coaching staff and help shape the next coach hire.
- Antonio Conte has emerged in media reports as a leading coaching candidate preferred by many Serie A clubs, but his expected high salary is a major budget hurdle that Malagò says must be resolved.
- Malagò has set Euro 2032 stadium readiness and a wide overhaul of youth development and club-federation ties as immediate tests of his mandate after Italy’s third straight failure to reach the World Cup.