The 1998 world champion, without a club since his departure from Strasbourg last summer, has reached an agreement with the Italian club, 17th in Serie A.
Patrick Vieira aspired to find a bench, it is now done. The 1998 world champion, who has commented on Ligue 1 for DAZN since the start of the season, has found a position in Italy. The former Strasbourg coach is in the process of signing with Genoa, 17th in the Serie A standings.
An agreement would have been reached between the Italian club and the former midfielder, according to Fabrizio Romano who confirms the information from another Italian journalist, Matteo Moretto. The former French international will succeed Alberto Gilardino and will be in charge of the first team from this week.
The reunion with Balotelli
Patrick Vieira has been without a club since his departure from Strasbourg this summer. The French technician left Alsace by mutual agreement with Racing last July, after only one season on the RCSA bench (Strasbourg finished 13th in 2023-2024) which had made him the successor to Frédéric Antonetti at the summer 2023.
Before a move to the Premier League where he officiated on the Crystal Palace bench, Patrick Vieira also coached OGC Nice for two and a half seasons (July 2018-December 2020). On the Côte d'Azur, Vieira had under his command a certain Mario Balotelli, whom he will have the pleasure (or not) of meeting again in training this week.
In an interview given to Provence in March 2019, the whimsical Italian striker returned to the circumstances of his departure from Nice, mentioning “a problem with Vieira”. “I've known him as a person for a long time, we played together. And I like him as a person. But our player-coach relationship was not very good.” Promising.
