Current Qatari Al-Sadd coach Roberto Mancini should soon return to the Italian national team. According to insider Nicolo Schira, the 61-year-old Italian specialist is on the verge of being appointed head coach of the Squadra Azzurra.. According to the source, Mancini must sign a contract with the local federation until 2030, the salary will be 2 million euros per year. Mancini already managed the Italian national team from 2018 to 2023, and in the summer of 2021, under his leadership, the team won the Euro 2020 title. Since November 2025, the Italian coach has worked with the Qatari Al-Sadd and won the national championship with the team. We remind you that in April of this year, Gennaro Gattuso was released from the post of head coach of the Italian national team, who was unable to qualify the team for the 2026 World Cup, losing in the qualifying playoff final to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:1, pen. 1:4). After Gattuso's departure, the Azzurra were led by youth team coach Silvio Baldini in the June friendlies with Luxembourg (1:0) and Greece (1:0).. The coach urgently replaced the injured star in Brazil for the 2026 World Cup. News on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp.