{"id":296130,"date":"2023-10-17T21:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296130"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T21:24:19","slug":"paolo-di-canio-reveals-he-rejected-saudi-arabia-assistant-job-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/paolo-di-canio-reveals-he-rejected-saudi-arabia-assistant-job-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paolo di Canio reveals he rejected Saudi Arabia assistant job offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Paolo di Canio reveals he rejected Saudi Arabia assistant job offer after being approached by head coach Roberto Mancini but insists he &#8216;didn&#8217;t just say no to oil money&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paolo di Canio rejected the chance to join Roberto Mancini in Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Italian was approached by his countryman over becoming assistant coach<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paolo di Canio rejected the opportunity to join Roberto Mancini&#8217;s coaching team withing the Saudi Arabia national team after being approached by his fellow Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Mancini resigned as Italy head coach at the start of August following a difficult run of form and reports of his relationship deteriorating with the nation&#8217;s federation before taking up his current position in the Middle East at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>The former Premier League title-winning coach is tasked with transforming Saudi Arabia&#8217;s national team into a side capable of going deeper into major tournaments and Mancini called on Di Canio to help him achieve that aim.<\/p>\n<p>Di Canio formerly enjoyed managerial spells at Swindon Town and Sunderland following a glittering playing career but has been out of the dugout since departing the Black Cats a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old would have been following a host of players and managers departing for Saudi Arabia given the riches on offer, but Di Canio revealed to La Stampa that he didn&#8217;t want to entertain a move.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/17\/76667121-12641027-image-a-1_1697558414614.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paolo di Canio rejected the opportunity to join the coaching team at Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/17\/76667137-12641027-image-a-2_1697558419386.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia manager Roberto Mancini approached Di Canio over becoming his assistant<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Mancini wanted to hire Di Canio as his assistant manager, and although delighted at having been considered, the Italian decided to &#8216;follow his heart&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t just say no to oil money, because it would have been an important experience in an environment that wants to grow and establish itself, like I do myself,&#8217; said Di Canio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Roberto Mancini didn&#8217;t offer me a minor role, he wanted me as a second coach on the pitch to train and improve the players.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/17\/76667141-12641027-image-a-3_1697558422324.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Di Canio hasn&#8217;t been in the dugout since leaving his post at Sunderland as decade ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/17\/17\/76667123-12641027-image-m-5_1697558578957.jpg\" height=\"490\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mancini is without a win in his first three matches in charge of Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;His courtship made me proud, especially given that we aren&#8217;t particularly close: a few games of Padel, a chat and not a lot more, so if he thought about me, it&#8217;s because he believes in my ideas and my work.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want to thank him, it wasn&#8217;t easy to decide, I contemplated it for a long time, and in the end I chose to follow my heart.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mancini&#8217;s Saudi Arabia have only won of his first three games with the former European Championship winner in charge, however they drew with Nigeria in his first match.<\/p>\n<p>Defeats against South Korea and Costa Rica have since followed with upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Pakistan and Jordan scheduled for the end of November.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12641027\/Paolo-di-Canio-saudi-arabia-roberto-mancini.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paolo di Canio reveals he rejected Saudi Arabia assistant job offer after being approached by head coach Roberto Mancini but <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paolo di Canio reveals he rejected Saudi Arabia assistant job offer - 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