Zambrotta set to quit as Delhi Dynamos coach

Zambrotta will quit as the head coach at Delhi Dynamos and join Fabio Capello at the Chinese club, Jiangsu Suning.

Published : Jun 12, 2017 21:22 IST

Zambrotta was signed last year as the head coach of the Delhi Dynamos for a two-year tenure and he took the side to the last-four stage.

Italian World Cup winner Gianluca Zambrotta is set to quit as the head coach at the Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos,to become assistant coach of Chinese club Jiangsu Suning, according reports published in Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sky Sport Italia.

Italian media reported that Zambrotta is set to join the Chinese Super League side which is a sister club of Inter Milan as both have the same Chinese owner, as a deputy to former England and Russia manager Fabio Capello.

According to the report, Capello will be joined by 2006 World Cup winner Zambrotta and former Milan caretaker manager Cristian Brocchi. Capello has already joined Jiangsu Suning as head coach on June 10.

Zambrotta was signed last year as the head coach of the Delhi Dynamos for a two-year tenure and he took the side to the last-four stage.

If he joins the Chinese side, he will be leaving Delhi Dynamos before his contract ends.