Patrick Vieira’s interim in front of the cameras and away from the sidelines will therefore have only lasted a few weeks. As several Italian journalists and media announced late this morning, the former French international (107 caps between 1997 and 2009) will become the new coach of Genoa, currently 17th in the Italian Serie A. According to Il Secolo XIX, he will sign up for two years.
First non-relegation on the other side of the Alps, the Red and blue have decided to part ways with Alberto Gilardino, who had held the position since December 2022. He leaves the club with an honorable record of 34 wins, 23 draws and 24 defeats in 79 games, but weighed down by a start to the 2024-2025 season in Bern (4 wins, 6 draws, 9 losses).
For his part, Patrick Vieira will therefore return to Italy, he who played at AC Milan (1995-96), Juventus (2005-06) and Inter (2006-10) as a player . Fired by Strasbourg in July 2024, since the start of the season he has been the star consultant for DAZN, the new broadcaster of Ligue 1, where he occupied a hybrid role between expert and commentator.
In our columns at the end of October, before participating in the coverage of the clasico between OM and PSG (0-3), Patrick Vieira confided that his “priority is of course to coach”. “That’s what I like. DAZN knows it and we’ll see what happens. The idea is to return to a bench as quickly as possible and that has always been very clear from the first discussions, even if I’m having a lot more fun than I thought, I’m having a lot of fun working with them. »
Genoa will therefore be Patrick Vieira’s fifth club as coach, after stints at New York City FC (2015-18), OGC Nice (2018-20), Crystal Palace (2021-23) and therefore Strasbourg (2023-24).
