Lippi Considering Azzurri Return
World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi revealed he would not mind one day returning to the Azzurri.
Despite achieving some impressive results in his reign as Italy coach, such as finishing top of the toughest group in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, Roberto Donadoni's future on the Azzurri's bench is anything but assured.
The young coach was recently offered a contract renewal based on the performance of the team at Euro 2008, which he rejected. Names of a possible successor are already going round, AC Milan's Carlo Ancelotti being the most prominent. Ancelotti has never denied his ambition to one day coach the Azzurri.
However, another option frequently mentioned is Marcello Lippi, who left Italy after leading them to World Cup glory in 2006 and is still unemployed. Today the former Juventus coach revealed that he is not opposed to the idea of returning to the Azzurri.
"In life you can never say never. One day, I don't know when, I would not mind going back to coach Italy," he said. "I can't say when, but I can't exclude that in the future I will be the national team coach again."
Asked if he would consider coaching a foreign national team, like Fabio Capello, he said: "Capello has always said he's not interested in coaching Italy, [Giovanni] Trapattoni has already done it and we know how it went.
"I had the luck of winning a World Cup a year and a half ago with Italy, I could never coach a foreign national side."
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