{"id":567045,"date":"2026-07-25T04:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567045\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:26:17","slug":"pep-guardiola-turns-down-italy-job-due-to-family-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567045\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola turns down Italy job due to family reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola has turned down the opportunity to become Italy\u2019s head coach due to family reasons, the Press Association understands.<\/p>\n<p>Italian Football Federation president Giovanni Malago confirmed earlier this week that talks had taken place with the former Manchester City manager.<\/p>\n<p>But Guardiola, who left City at the end of last season after winning six Premier League titles and the Champions League during a trophy-laden 10-year reign, now appears to be out of the running.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"443\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/pep-guardiola-turns-down-italy-job-due-to-family-reasons.jpg\" alt=\"Gennaro Gattuso resigned as Italy boss in April\" data-title=\"Italy v Northern Ireland \u2013 2026 FIFA World Cup European Play Offs \u2013 Semi Final \u2013 New Balance Arena\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Mike Egerton\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"\/>Gennaro Gattuso resigned as Italy boss in April (Mike Egerton\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Gennaro Gattuso resigned as Italy head coach in April after the four-time champions failed to qualify for a third World Cup in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Mancini, who led Italy to Euro 2020 glory, and former Azzurri midfielder Andrea Pirlo are other candidates for the vacancy.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/jurgen-klopp-vows-to-quit-germany-job-if-media-invade-his-personal-life-1931363.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/jurgen-klopp-vows-to-quit-germany-job-if-media-invade-his-personal-life-1931363.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ae6f6394b7fa47d197e7253b92bf5da5-1.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Jurgen Klopp Vows To Quit Germany Job If Media Invade His Personal Life\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Sport<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp vows to quit Germany job if media invade his personal life<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malago said budget \u201cexceptions\u201d could be made in terms of salary for 55-year-old Spaniard Guardiola, who previously coached Barcelona and Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>But he also warned \u201cit is not certain that this thing will go through\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Guardiola, Mancini and Pirlo were the only names on the shortlist, Malago replied: \u201cAbsolutely not. We think about a certain profile and certainly these names fall into that category.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola has turned down the opportunity to become Italy\u2019s head coach due to family reasons, the Press&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-567045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}