Trap: I quit after Euro 2004
Sunday 21 December, 2003
Giovanni Trapattoni has confirmed reports that he will quit the Azzurri after Euro 2004, sparking a race to find his successor.
“In football you always need new stimuli,” explained the Coach, “and that is why in June I will leave the Italy squad, regardless of our results in that tournament.”
Trap’s contract runs out sometime during the European Championships in Portugal and it was already rumoured he was eager to move on.
A return to club football is likely and the former Bayern Munich manager also added, “I would now like a new overseas experience.”
He is still well respected in Germany and it was recently claimed in newspapers that he would relish a return to the Bundesliga.
This admission means the race is now on to find Trapattoni’s successor on the Italy bench, but there are only two realistic candidates.
Marcello Lippi has long been tipped to take over after winning everything possible with Juventus, although he is still determined to take the Champions’ League for a second time.
The other contender is Fabio Capello, one of the most successful club Coaches in Serie A history.
He already has international experience from his time at Real Madrid, in which he won La Liga at his first attempt, and has been in charge of Milan and Roma.
57-year-old Capello is currently on target to pick up his seventh League title, his sixth in the Italian League.
Sunday 21 December, 2003
Giovanni Trapattoni has confirmed reports that he will quit the Azzurri after Euro 2004, sparking a race to find his successor.
“In football you always need new stimuli,” explained the Coach, “and that is why in June I will leave the Italy squad, regardless of our results in that tournament.”
Trap’s contract runs out sometime during the European Championships in Portugal and it was already rumoured he was eager to move on.
A return to club football is likely and the former Bayern Munich manager also added, “I would now like a new overseas experience.”
He is still well respected in Germany and it was recently claimed in newspapers that he would relish a return to the Bundesliga.
This admission means the race is now on to find Trapattoni’s successor on the Italy bench, but there are only two realistic candidates.
Marcello Lippi has long been tipped to take over after winning everything possible with Juventus, although he is still determined to take the Champions’ League for a second time.
The other contender is Fabio Capello, one of the most successful club Coaches in Serie A history.
He already has international experience from his time at Real Madrid, in which he won La Liga at his first attempt, and has been in charge of Milan and Roma.
57-year-old Capello is currently on target to pick up his seventh League title, his sixth in the Italian League.
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