NAPOLI MANAGER GENNARO Gattuso’s sister Francesca has died at the age of 37 after four months in hospital, the Serie A club and AC Milan, where she worked, said today.
Francesca Gattuso, who worked for many years as a secretary at AC Milan, died at Busto Arsizio, 40km north of the city.
She suffered from a rare illness and underwent the last in a series of operations in early February. She had been in intensive care since.
“Francesca Gattuso faced her illness with the same strength and energy she brought to Milanello and AC Milan every day,” AC Milan said in a statement.
“Rino (Gennaro Gattuso), the immense pain you and your family are feeling is also ours. Rest in peace, dear Francesca.”
Napoli said: “All of SSC Napoli strongly embrace Rino Gattuso and share in his immense pain. We are all close to you in heart, dear Rino.”
Former Italy World Cup winner Gattuso played for 13 years with AC Milan, winning 10 trophies including two Serie A and two Champions League crowns. The 42-year-old also coached the team from 2017 to 2019.
“The Gattuso family will always be in AC Milan’s heart,” the team added. “Rino had passed his passion for Milanello on to Francesca and she always embraced and cherished the Rossoneri values.”
Former AC Milan coach Gattuso replaced Carlo Ancelotti at Napoli last December. Napoli are sixth in the table with Serie A set to resume on 20 June after a three-month coronavirus suspension.
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Imagine if Paisley has managed.. and of course lived a bit longer. At least same or better success – and a more attractive way of doing it.
Big Jack wasn’t bad though! God be with the days… those halcyon days.
Would Paisley have gone after Aldridge and Houghton? Then Townsend later. We will never know but those 2 made a big difference
Jesus make me feel old!
I’m surprised you know how to use a computer.
Do you remember it?? I wonder what style of play they would have adopted if paisley was the manager. Thing is if you study the squad back then and the clubs they played for and the position of the clubs at the time it’s not hard to see how anyone with a bit of managerial noise could make something from them. A lot of quality throughout and some of it was world class. Brady for example (although he was on the slide), bonner was also arguably world class, McGrath was world class and one of europes finest defenders, Sheedy, Laurensen, beglin, Whelan etc etc. A great time for sure.
And then likes of Aldridge and Houghton who were with Oxford I think. Way down the divisions. Playing for Ireland opened opportunities in those days.
Charlton in hindsight you might say could have done better, But he started out with a group without belief. Great days generally.
Oxford were in the old first division in the 1985-86 season
Yes and they won the league (milk) cup that year
Paisley is the most underrated manager of all time. 3 European Cups in 5 years. When you think that the Brit’s knighted Ferguson despite he not being able to achieve that in nearly 30 years. Bizarre.
Jack would never walk away like Keane did. How things and values have changed in all the years, now the Irish promote and appoint a person who abandoned his team and his country. Jack would have done what Mick Mc Carthy did and let Keane piss off.
Jack did an incredible job and gave us many great day’s and memories. Can’t help but wonder how Bob Paisley would’ve done. One of the all time greats.
Bob would have had a great team to work with. Not knocking the lads we have now but it’s hard to think of any of them being in the same class. Maybe younger Irish lads now don’t get the same chances they once did to develop with big clubs across the sea.
He had us playing shyte football but what memories..
Two polar opposites as managers , Paisley was a very very astute football manager who learned from Shankly and then proceeded to take Liverpool to the Pinnacle of football . His famous quote after buying Kenny Dalglish from Celtic for 440 thousand pounds was , ” Lets get out of here before they realise what they have done ” , But Charlton was a better fit for that Irish team
Shankly wanted Jack to replace him at Anfield so his stock must have been fairly high even in the 70s.
Very good read
Very good article but Paisley didn’t win 6 titles in 7 years was 6 in 8 which is great considering the amount of different sides who won it in the years previous. Paisley won titles in 76,77,79,80,82,83. Forest and Villa broke their sequence in 78 and 81 respectively. They won it then under Fagan in 84 then Dalglish in 86,88 and 90. Thankfully they haven’t won it since
Time to get over this shite!win something for a change!!
matt you do know that would be impossible don’t you.
John Giles had his time as manager
Any truth in the long running story that Johnny Giles was in a hotel around the corner while the vote was taking place, all the time under the impression he was about to be announced as the next manager? Jack’s appointment was always believed to be another FAI calamity with Giles as the undeserving casualty at the time.
Should’a, would’a, could’a…… Bill$hit….
Yeah right….
Ok