{"id":576751,"date":"2026-03-31T17:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576751\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:55:11","slug":"italy-legend-nesta-offered-tottenham-role-by-de-zerbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576751\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy legend Nesta offered Tottenham role by De Zerbi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/italy-legend-nesta-tottenham-role-de-zerbi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Alessandro-Nesta-Monza.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-854364\" alt=\"MONZA, ITALY - DECEMBER 22: Alessandro Nesta, Head Coach of AC Monza, looks on ahead of the Serie A match between Monza and Juventus at U-Power Stadium on December 22, 2024 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MONZA, ITALY &#8211; DECEMBER 22: Alessandro Nesta, Head Coach of AC Monza, looks on ahead of the Serie A match between Monza and Juventus at U-Power Stadium on December 22, 2024 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi is in talks to become the new Tottenham coach and has reportedly offered Italy World Cup winner Alessandro Nesta a role on his staff in North London.<\/p>\n<p>Nesta to become De Zerbi\u2019s assistant coach at Tottenham?<\/p>\n<p>Tuttosport journalist Nicol\u00f2 Schira reports that Italy World Cup winner Nesta has been offered a role on Tottenham\u2019s coaching staff by De Zerbi.<\/p>\n<p>The latter is in talks with Spurs over a long-term contract.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi was initially eager to wait until the new season before choosing a new club, but Tottenham\u2019s persistence has convinced him to <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/de-zerbi-open-tottenham-job-spurs-fans-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">consider their offer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1254\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Roberto-De-Zerbi-Champions-League.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-939238 size-medium\" alt=\"MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 16: Robert De Zerbi, Head Coach of Olympique de Marseille, looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD1 match between Real Madrid C.F. and Olympique de Marseille at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on September 16, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1254\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>MADRID, SPAIN \u2013 SEPTEMBER 16: Robert De Zerbi, Head Coach of Olympique de Marseille, looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD1 match between Real Madrid C.F. and Olympique de Marseille at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on September 16, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NicoSchira\/status\/2038737959751483490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">report<\/a>, Nesta has been offered the role of De Zerbi\u2019s assistant, and the ex-defender is now considering the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Nesta has been working as a first-team coach for Miami FC, Perugia, Frosinone, Reggiana and Monza.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774979711_941_Alessandro-Nesta-Monza.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-838288 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"NAPLES, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 29: Alessandro Nesta Monza head coach looks on before the Serie A match between Napoli and Monza at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on September 29, 2024 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>Monza coach Alessandro Nesta (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>A legendary Italian defender, Nesta made 78 appearances with the Azzurri, winning the World Cup in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>During his playing career, he also won the Champions League twice and the Serie A title three times, once with Lazio and twice with Milan.<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONZA, ITALY &#8211; DECEMBER 22: Alessandro Nesta, Head Coach of AC Monza, looks on ahead of the Serie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-576751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}