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‎Manager Gennaro Gattuso and Italy have agreed to mutually terminate his contract after their failure to qualify for a third successive World Cup‎
‎This follows the resignation of Gabriele Gravina as the head of Italy’s football association (FIGC) on Thursday.
‎Italy missed out on a spot at this summer’s showpiece event when they were beaten 4-1 on penalties by Bosnia-Herzegovina in Tuesday’s play-off.
‎Gattuso, who won 73 caps for the Azzurri during his playing career, was appointed as Luciano Spalletti’s successor in June and won six of his eight games in charge.
‎An emotional Gattuso apologised for the defeat during his post-match news conference and admitted it was hard to digest
‎Former goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who was working closely with the national side, also resigned as delegation head via Instagram.
‎Italy are four-time World Cup champions but last featured at the tournament in 2014.
‎No previous winner of the tournament has missed three World Cups in a row, which Italy now have after missing out on Russia in 2018 and Qatar 2022.
Edited by Favour Owonibi.