What a tumultuous 48 hours it had been in European Football! As if the 21-goal penalty shootout was not enough and while the world was still not out of the dramatic final in Poland, top coaches started to say goodbye to their respective clubs. Excellent coaches like Zinedine Zidane and Antonio Conte decided to leave while coaches like Andrea Pirlo felt the pressure and had to move towards the exit door.
And now, the positions are vacant, and the search for the best man is on.
It seems that clubs like Juventus and Inter have already found their men to lead, but the speculations regarding others are circulating in the football arena.
Real Madrid
Raul Gonzalez
He could follow in Zidane's footsteps by stepping up to the first team from Castilla. He is impressive with the B team, and he is well thought of at the club.
Antonio Conte
The ex-Inter boss has a lot of experience and almost guarantees domestic success, having delivered league titles with Juventus, Chelsea, and most recently Inter.
His 3-5-2 setup would likely work a treat in the Spanish capital, though Sergio Ramos has had his say on the Italian - albeit indirectly - when he was almost close to joining the club in the past.
Mauricio Pochettino
The Argentine has been linked with Real Madrid on a number of occasions in the past, and he knows his way around La Liga, having cut his teeth at Espanyol.
His Paris Saint-Germain future is anything but certain, too, meaning he could well be available for a move this summer.
Xabi Alonso
The least likely of all of the candidates, but he has impressed with Real Sociedad B. Making the step from Sanse to Real Madrid would be a big jump, even though, Xabi expressed that he is happy with where he is right now.
Tottenham Hotspur
Mauricio Pochettino
The return has been suggested in recent days, but it might just be too soon for the Argentine to go to the club at which he knows he has unfinished business.
He is apparently still on good terms with Daniel Levy, though, so he might be open to the idea of a potential rebuilding project should Harry Kane be sold.
Jurgen Klinsmann
The German declared his interest in the job, though is unlikely to be considered as a serious candidate.
Inter
Simone Inzaghi
Inter reportedly met with the Lazio boss on Monday, before Antonio Conte had even left the club, and he expressed his interest in succeeding the departing ex-Juventus coach.
He is almost confirmed as the next boss of Inter, and there's every reason to feel that this could turn out to be a case of the right man at the wrong time. Inzaghi deserves a project that allows a team to be built, but there are real fears at Inter that their Scudetto-winning squad will be taken apart in order to raise funds.
That said, he has proven himself to be a fine coach and he will back his abilities to make another title push with the Italian champions next season.
Maurizio Sarri
Out of work, the former Juventus, Napoli and Chelsea boss is likely to see his name linked with a number of jobs this summer. It's hard to know how he would manage the current Inter crop though, as succeeding Conte hasn't always done him a lot of good.
Sinisa Mihajlovic
The Bologna coach's name was mentioned as a candidate before the seriousness of the talks with Inzaghi became known. Despite him having done good work in Emilia-Romagna, his appointment would have indicated a big backwards step.
Juventus
Massimiliano Allegri
Having won five Serie A titles in his five years at the club, Allegri looks as though he is set to return to Turin and as per reports, it is almost sure that he would be the next coach of Juventus.
Things have gone badly for Juventus since his exit, and they're now a far away from the two Champions League finals he led them to in 2015 and 2017.
Still, the name of Zinedine Zidane is heard as the next replacement.
Napoli
Sergio Conceicao
Reports in Italy suggested that his appointment was only a matter of time earlier in the week, but Napoli's fiery president Aurelio De Laurentiis has since insisted that the new coach at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona will be Italian.
Vincenzo Italiano
It's hard to think of a more Italian coach than Italiano, despite the Speiza boss having been born in Germany.
With only Spezia under his belt in Serie A, though, he's probably more likely to make the step up to either Hellas Verona or Sassuolo.
Luciano Spalletti
The ex-Inter and Roma boss is the new favourite to replace Gennaro Gattuso in Campania, and he has shown in the past that he is more than capable of taking on the bigger jobs in Italy.
Note: This article has been posted at Cricketsoccer as CSdesk on 28/05/2021 Wild 24 hours in European football: The possible candidates for the vacant positions
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