Bonucci urges FIGC to try for Manchester City manager Guardiola

Bonucci urges FIGC to try for Manchester City manager Guardiola

Former Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci says Italy should try for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

FIGC are taking their time in hiring a replacement for former Italy coach Rino Gattuso, who resigned after their World Cup playoff defeat in Bosnia.

Bonucci, who now works for FIGC as a scout and analyst, told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Given the list of names that have appeared in recent days, if there is a genuine desire to start over, I would do so with the rumoured possibility of having Pep Guardiola.

"Signing him would mean a drastic change from the past."

He added: "I think it will be very difficult, but it costs nothing to dream."