Former Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo could make a return to management with Turkish club Fatih Karagumruk.
The Istanbul-based outfit - who have Italians Fabio Borini and Emiliano Viviano in their ranks - finished eighth in the Super Lig last season but have ambitions to climb higher.
Reports in Italy suggest they are the favourites to hire Italy legend Pirlo, 43, who hasn't taken another coaching job since being sacked by Juventus in May last year.
Pirlo guided Juventus to a fourth place finish in Serie A, earning qualification to the Champions League, and also won the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana.
But he was dumped to make way for the returning Massimiliano Allegri, who likewise led the club to a fourth-place finish last season behind the two Milan clubs and Napoli.
Pirlo turned down the chance to take over at Serie A relegation strugglers Salernitana back in February but has always been open to accepting an overseas job.
Karagumruk were promoted into the Turkish top-flight in the 2019-20 season and have defied expectations they would struggle by finishing eighth in both campaigns since.
Amanda-
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always love pirlo, I said juve will regret sacking pirlo, I just hope that pirlo will still coach juve in the future because am 💯 sure he will be a great coach
Juventus shouldn’t have hired him at 1st and Pirlo should have said no . The only mistake Juventus did was bringing back that useless Allgeri and still keeping him
AlexJuve
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always love pirlo, I said juve will regret sacking pirlo, I just hope that pirlo will still coach juve in the future because am 💯 sure he will be a great coach
Mawsor09
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Andrea Pirlo better than all Barkingdogs &bitcheslona midfielders in history
vic__tor
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good luck legend one day Juventus we wish they haven't piss you off make Italy proud alright
Alfred-90G
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Welcome boss Andrea Pirlo