Vialli leaves Italy role to focus on cancer treatment
Gianluca Vialli during Italy against England, Nations League, at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 23, 2022.Gianluca Vialli has stepped away from his role as Italy’s head of delegation as he receives treatment for pancreatic cancer.
The 58-year-old revealed in December last year that he was dealing with the illness for a second time.
Now, after consulting with doctors, Vialli will “suspend professional commitments”.
Vialli said on the Italian Football Federation’s (FIGC) website: “At the end of a long and difficult ‘negotiation’ with my wonderful team of oncologists, I have decided to suspend, hopefully temporarily, my present and future professional commitments.
“The goal is to use all my psycho-physical energies to help my body overcome this phase of the disease, in order to be able t...