Gennaro Gattuso is in contention to replace Andrea Pirlo at Juventus amid claims the World Cup winner is also an option for Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, as reported by Calciomercato.
If there’s one Premier League boss who could be forgiven for dreading the return of supporters to stadiums, it’s Steve Bruce.
You may have heard Bruce, despite his Geordie roots, isn’t an overly popular figure among the St James’ Park faithful.
And despite presiding over an impressive run of form in recent weeks – winning April’s manager of the month award to boot – the former Sunderland boss is more likely to climb the north face of the Eiger in socks and slippers than he is to silence his snipers on Tyneside.
If the atmosphere at St James’ Park turns toxic again, could owner Mike Ashley be pushed to replace a boss who was unpopular when he arrived – and remains unpopular now?
Calciomercato reports Newcastle have identified 43-year-old Gattuso as a potential replacement.
Talk about night and day. While Bruce is a Premier League veteran who blew out 60 candles on his birthday cake in December, Gattuso is one of Europe’s sharpest young coaches, albeit someone who’s never worked in England before.
CM adds Gattuso, a Coppa Italia winner with Napoli in 2020 and the man credited with putting crisis-ridden AC Milan back on the straight and narrow, is also a candidate to succeed Tottenham-linked Nuno Espirito Santo at Wolves.
Impressed by the work Gattuso has carried out at two of their Serie A rivals, reports have also emerged claiming Juventus have made contact with a man Andrea Pirlo – the much-maligned Allianz Stadium boss – considers one of his great friends in football.
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