‘I’m very sorry’: Mancini apologises after being reappointed as Italy head coach

Published 29 July 2026 · europe

Mancini quit Italy job to take over Saudi Arabia in 2023 ‘Some will be against me … maybe people will forgive’ Roberto Mancini issued an

Mancini quit Italy job to take over Saudi Arabia in 2023 ‘Some will be against me … maybe people will forgive’ Roberto Mancini issued an apology in his first public comments after being reappointed as the Italy head coach, three years after he abandoned the same job for a lucrative contract with Saudi Arabia.

“I’m very sorry,” Mancini said. “It was like losing the woman of your life. And it means you did something that shouldn’t have been done.

So I’m sorry, very sorry also for everything that happened over these last three years … I’m going to try to bring the national team

back where it belongs.” Continue reading...

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