Ranieri could come out of retirement if national team calls him

Italy's Claudio Ranieri, 73, the former Valencia and Atletico Madrid coach who announced his retirement from football last May, said on Thursday he is considering a return to the dugout should he get the call from a national team.
"I confess that I want to think about it again and I have already said no to more than one proposal. We'll see if a call comes from a national team," the legendary coach, a Premier League winner with Leicester, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera. "Not from the Italian national team. I have the utmost confidence in Spalletti.
In recent days, with the crisis at Roma following the sacking of Daniele De Rossi, Ranieri's name has emerged as a possible emergency solution in the event of the dismissal of Croatian Ivan Juric.
As a coach with experience, knowledgeable of a club he coached between 2009 and 2011 in his first stint, and for four months in 2019, he presented himself as a good option to turn around a complicated season. However, in his statements he made it clear that he will only return to the bench to coach a national team.
Ranieri began his long coaching career in 1988. He did so with Cagliari, the same team with which he played his last season, last season, in which he managed to void relegation after a spectacular second half of the season.
He also coached Napoli, Fiorentina, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus, Inter, Monaco, Greece, Leicester, Nantes, Fulham, Sampdoria and Watford.