The former AC Milan midfielder,
who won two Champions League titles with the Serie A outfit, as well as
the World Cup with Italy, is currently managing Italian third-tier side
Pisa.
Gennaro Gattuso stated in a recent
interview that he dreamt of managing Manchester United, and would even
walk to Manchester to accomplish his dream.
“I’d walk there. I’d even go tomorrow,” Gattuso told the Sun, when asked what he would do if offered the managerial role at Old Trafford.
The former AC Milan player also revealed
that he would have loved to play under legendary Manchester United
manager Sir Alex Ferguson, and that he is a huge fan of the Premier
League.
“Ferguson has always respected me — and I
have always admired the Premier League which, for me, is the best
league in the world,” he said.
“In Italy, we are tactical masters, but in England you see pacey players — with great strength in their legs.”
The Premier League experience
Gattuso has helped foil English sides
Manchester United and Liverpool on a number of occasions. He was part of
the AC Milan team that knocked the Red Devils out of the Champions
League twice, as well as the one that beat Liverpool in the 2007 CL
final.
However, Gattuso has been on the losing
side as well. He was in the AC Milan side that lost to Liverpool in the
2005 CL final, and also suffered defeat in 2011, when the Rossoneri were knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur.
A controversial player and manager
Gattuso’s most notable indiscretion as a
player came when he dared to defile the great Zlatan Ibrahimovic by
slapping him in the face in 2003 during a Champions League game against
Ajax.
He has carried on in the same vein as a
manager as well, making the headlines on one occasion for slamming the
press in an expletive-laden tirade during his time as manager of Greek
side OFI Crete.
Gattuso was appointed manager of Italian
third-tier side Pisa in 2015. His resume may not find a lot of fans at
Old Trafford though — perhaps with the exception of fellow firebrand Roy
Keane.
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