Claudio Ranieri revealed he has turned down the vacant Italy manager's job after Luciano Spalletti was dismissed from his post. The 73-year-old, who famously guided Leicester City to a fairytale Premier League title in 2016, will stay on with AS Roma as their senior advisor.

Luciano Spalletti admits he ‘did not make the difference’ as Italy coach and recognises he should’ve picked fresher players after a ‘struggle’ to beat Moldova 2-0 ended his reign.He already

The Azzurri post an uninspired 2-0 home win over Moldova in his last game in charge. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Claudio Ranieri does not even want to try where Roberto Mancini and Gian Piero Ventura failed — to take four-time champion Italy back to the World Cup.

The news comes after Italy lost 3-0 to Norway on Friday in the first match of their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Luciano Spalletti took charge of Italy one last time on Monday, and while his side sent him off with a win, the sacked manager accepted that he isn't leaving the team in a great place for his replacement and has failed to improve them.

Arrigo Sacchi admits that Luciano Spalletti ‘has his faults’ but does not solely blame him for Italy’s poor form during his tenure, and backs Claudio Ranieri to rebuild the national team with

Italy national team head coach Luciano Spalletti has confirmed that he will be leaving his position as CT following Monday night’s World Cup qualifier against