Tavecchio downplays Ventura rumours (2)

(ANSA) - Florence, May 24 - Italian Soccer federation (FIGC) chief Carlo Tavecchio on Tuesday played down reports that FIGC has already chosen Torino manager Giampiero Ventura to take over when Antonio Conte leaves the Italy bench for Chelsea at the end of Euro 2016.
    "Ventura the new manager? Haste is a bad counsellor, there are at least 4-5 names I'm considering, I want to hear from my councillors and decide with my own head," Tavecchio said.
    He declined to say, also, whether he would give Ventura a 50-50 chance of getting the job but repeated that he would come out with the name of the new boss before the Euros.
    "I want the maximum competence and maximum experience from him," he said.
    As for the appointment of 2006 World Cup winner Marcello Lippi as new technical director, Tavecchio said "we have mapped out a new technical area, there's no surprise there".