Claudio Ranieri Set to Take Charge of Italy National Team While Retaining Roma Advisory Role

Ranieri’s Unprecedented Dual Role
Football rarely sees managers juggling national team duties with club commitments, but Claudio Ranieri appears set to break this mold. According to reports from La Gazzetta dello Sport, the 72-year-old has accepted the Italian Football Federation’s (FIGC) offer to lead the Azzurri while continuing as an advisor to AS Roma’s ownership group.
The Negotiation Breakdown
The FIGC initially faced resistance when approaching Ranieri after Luciano Spalletti’s departure. ‘My first thought was for Roma,’ Ranieri reportedly told federation president Gabriele Gravina. However, after persistent negotiations and a sleepless night of deliberation, the former Leicester City boss couldn’t resist the call of his nation.
Structural Innovation or Compromise?
From a tactical perspective, this arrangement presents fascinating questions:
- How will Ranieri allocate his time between developing Italy’s playing philosophy and advising Roma’s American owners?
- The FIGC has assured no procedural conflicts exist
- The Friedkin Group (Roma’s owners) have greenlit the arrangement
- This sets a precedent for future national team appointments
Historical Context
Ranieri would be only the second manager in recent memory to simultaneously hold club and country roles, following Russia’s Leonid Slutsky in 2015-16. However, Slutsky’s CSKA Moscow connection made his dual role more geographically feasible than Ranieri’s trans-European commute will be.
As an analyst who values data-driven decisions, I’m intrigued by how performance metrics will be tracked across these dual responsibilities. Will FIGC implement specific KPIs to ensure neither role suffers? Only time will tell if this bold experiment succeeds where others have hesitated.
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Ông thầy ‘hai trong một’
Claudio Ranieri giờ đây không chỉ là cố vấn AS Roma mà còn dắt đội tuyển Italy - một combo cực hiếm trong làng bóng đá!
Phá vỡ quy luật
72 tuổi nhưng năng lượng vẫn dồi dào hơn cả hậu vệ trẻ. Liệu ông có bị ‘kiệt sức’ khi phải di chuyển khắp châu Âu cho 2 công việc?
Dân nghiện bóng sẽ hiểu
Chỉ các fan cuồng mới hiểu được niềm vui khi vừa xem Serie A vừa theo dõi Euro - giờ thì Ranieri cũng gia nhập hội ‘nghiện bóng’ rồi!
Các bạn nghĩ sao về quyết định này? Comment cùng thảo luận nhé!

“월급 2개 받는 스마트한 노인”
72세의 클라우디오 라니에리가 이탈리아 대표팀 감독과 AS로마 구단고문을 동시에 맡는다고? 진정한 ‘1인 2역’의 달인이 등장했네요!
▶FIGC가 제안한 특별 KPI:
- 월요일~수요일: 국가대표팀 전술 분석 (로마 구단주에게 카톡으로 보고)
- 목요일~금요일: 미국인 구단주에게 ‘총알치킨’ 설명 (영어+이탈리아어 혼용)
이젠 감독님의 항공마일리지가 선수들의 주행거리를 앞지를 기세… 여러분은 이 무모한 도전을 응원하시나요, 아니면 ‘노인학대’라고 생각하시나요? 댓글에서 의견 공유해주세요!

72 سالہ بھیڑئیے کی نئی چال
کلاؤڈیو رینیئری صاحب نے ایک ہاتھ میں اٹلی کی قومی ٹیم اور دوسرے ہاتھ میں رومہ کا مشورتی کردار پکڑ لیا ہے! یہ تو وہی بات ہوئی کہ ایک طرف تو بیوی کو لے کر سیر کو نکل پڑے، اور دوسری طرف ساس کے گھر کا کام بھی کر رہے ہوں۔
وقت کی تقسیم کا نیا فارمولہ
اب دیکھنا یہ ہے کہ یہ بزرگ کوچ کس طرح اپنا وقت تقسیم کریں گے - صبح قومی ٹیم کو ٹریننگ دیں، دوپہر میں رومہ کے مالکان کو مشورے دیں، اور شام کو روس کے کوچ سے موازنہ کرنے بیٹھ جائیں۔
تم لوگوں کا کیا خیال ہے؟
کیا واقعی کوئی شخص ایک ساتھ دو اتنی بڑی ذمہ داریاں نبھا سکتا ہے؟ یا یہ صرف ایک ‘گرمیوں کی محبت’ والا معاملہ ہے جو جلد ہی ختم ہو جائے گا؟ ذرا سوچ کر بتائیں!

Der Mann für zwei Jobs
Claudio Ranieri bewies schon bei Leicester, dass er Unmögliches möglich machen kann - aber gleichzeitig Nationaltrainer und Roma-Berater sein? Das ist wie Torwart und Stürmer in einem!
Zeitmanagement-Meister
Ich frage mich, wie seine Excel-Tabellen aussehen: Montag Azzurri-Taktik, Dienstag Friedkin-Meeting, Mittwoch Pasta-Pause… Als Datenfreak würde ich gerne seine Kalender-API auslesen!
Historisches Experiment
Erst Slutsky, jetzt Ranieri - soll das die neue Norm werden? Nächstes Jahr trainiert Nagelsmann wohl Bayern und DFB… während er nebenbei Twitch streamt.
Was denkt ihr? Kann man wirklich zwei Herren dienen? Oder wird’s ein klassischer Italienischer Salat? 🍝⚽

Doppelte Arbeit, halbe Pasta?
Claudio Ranieri hat sich entschieden: Warum nur einen Job machen, wenn man auch zwei haben kann? Der 72-Jährige übernimmt die italienische Nationalmannschaft – und bleibt gleichzeitig Berater bei AS Rom. Das nenne ich effizientes Zeitmanagement!
Wer zahlt das Döner?
Die brennende Frage: Teilt er sich sein Gehalt auf oder kassiert er doppelt? Und vor allem – wer bezahlt seine Reisekosten zwischen Rom und den Azzurri-Trainingslagern? Die FIGC versichert: „Kein Problem!“ Aber wir alle wissen: In der Fußballwelt ist Nichts unmöglich.
Datenalarm!
Als Datenfreak frage ich mich: Wird Ranieri seine Trainingsmethoden zwischen Klub und Nationalmannschaft synchronisieren? Vielleicht entwickelt er ein neues 4-4-2-System mit doppelter Buchführung.
Was denkt ihr? Kann man wirklich zwei Herren dienen? Oder wird das ein Eigentor? Kommentare willkommen!

Две работы - одна зарплата?
72-летний Клаудио Раньери решил, что пенсия подождёт! Теперь он будет совмещать руководство сборной Италии с консультациями в “Роме”. Интересно, как он будет делить своё время между разработкой тактики для Адзурри и объяснениями американским владельцам клуба, что такое катенначчо?
На два фронта
Последний раз такое мы видели у Слуцкого в 2015. Но у Леонида хотя бы ЦСКА был в Москве - не то что трансъевропейские перелёты Раньери. Видимо, FIGC решила проверить: сможет ли тренер одновременно проигрывать на двух фронтах?
Кто-нибудь ставит ставки, сколько продлится этот эксперимент? В комментарии свои прогнозы!
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