Nantes boss Claudio Ranieri said
he would be prepared to leave the Ligue 1 club if the Italy job
was offered to him.
"Any Italian manager would like to train the national team,"
said the former Chelsea and Roma coach, who won a fairy-tale
Premier league title with Leicester in 2016.
Ranieri said he had a two-year contract with Nantes but "if I
were to receive a call I would go to the chairman and ask him to
leave the team".
The Italian Soccer Federation's (FIGC) newly appointed
commissioner, Roberto Fabbricini, said earlier this month that
Ranierei was in the running for the spot left vacant when Gian
Piero Ventura quit after the Azzurri went down to a shock defeat
by Sweden and failed to qualify for the World Cup for only the
second time in the history of the tournament.
Fabbricini said others in the frame included Chelsea and
former Italy boss Antonio Conte, former Inter boss Roberto
Mancini and former AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti, who have all
ruled themselves out.
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