Italy are set to appoint their former midfielder Gennaro Gattuso as new head coach to replace the recently sacked Luciano Spalletti, Gianluigi Buffon said.

It used to be that the coach of Italy's soccer team was someone who had a long list of managerial achievements and was nearer to the end of a career than the start. Luciano Spalletti was fired after Italy lost its opening qualifier 3-0 to Norway and when Claudio Ranieri rejected the job,

Italy are set to appoint their former midfielder Gennaro Gattuso as manager, replacing the sacked Luciano Spalletti, according to Gianluigi Buffon, head of delegation with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC),