Daniele De Rossi could begin his coaching career by taking on the Fiorentina job, claims Sky Sport Italia reporter Gianluca Di Marzio.

The World Cup winner has already said he plans to go into management, following in the footsteps of his father Alberto, who has been the coach of the Roma youth team for many years.

De Rossi only retired in January after experiences at Roma and Boca Juniors, and will turn 37 later this month.

Luciano Spalletti is being linked with the Fiorentina job for next season, as Beppe Iachini is struggling to keep them out of the relegation zone.

The Viola are only six points clear of the bottom three following Wednesday’s home defeat to Sassuolo.

Iachini was already brought in to replace sacked Vincenzo Montella on December 23, but after four wins, five draws and four defeats, few realistically expect him to remain beyond this season.

Beppe Iachini admits Fiorentina paid a heavy price for defensive errors in the 3-1 loss to Sassuolo. ‘Perhaps fatigue is contributing to that.’

The Viola are still without a win since returning from the lockdown and were humiliated 3-1 on home turf by Sassuolo this evening.

“We continue to create so many scoring opportunities and it was the same today, it’s a pity,” Iachini told Sky Sport Italia.

Beppe Iachini maintains Fiorentina ‘deserved more points’ in their last two games but is banking on Franck Ribery to ‘lift the team’ against Sassuolo.

The match kicks off at 20:45 BST this evening – click here for a preview.

“The team have shown that they’re growing constantly and physically fit,” Iachini said at a press conference.

Beppe Iachini said Felipe Caicedo was ‘clever’ to earn a Lazio penalty, but Fiorentina ‘deserved a far better result’ than their 2-1 defeat.

The Biancocelesti fought back from a Franck Ribery solo effort to win 2-1, thanks to a very soft penalty awarded for Bartlomiej Dragowski’s challenge on Caicedo and a late Luis Alberto strike.

Beppe Iachini has warned that Fiorentina ‘must avoid waiting around and instead try to ruffle feathers’ when his side take on Lazio in Serie A.

The match kicks off at 20:45 BST tomorrow – click here for a preview.

“Lazio have been working with Inzaghi for several years and are near the top of the table,” Iachini said at a press conference.

Fiorentina are without Federico Chiesa, Martin Caceres and coach Beppe Iachini against Lazio, but the latter pair have extra bans for blasphemy.

Caceres and Iachini were sent off during last night’s 1-1 draw with Brescia and are therefore suspended, while Chiesa received enough yellow cards this season to activate a ban.

However, Caceres has a two-match ban because after he was sent off, he ‘uttered a blasphemous phrase’ while leaving the field.

In the Italian language, the worst type of swearing is a particular blasphemous phrase.

Fiorentina coach Beppe Iachini feels they ‘did enough’ for three points and were only let down by finishing in a 1-1 draw with Brescia.

The Viola had numerous chances, despite going down to 10 men after Martin Caceres saw red, but also ultimately had to thank Bartlomiej Dragowski for a last-gasp save.

Fiorentina coach Beppe Iachini concedes he cannot make predictions ahead of the game with Brescia. ‘We don’t know what could happen after such a long break.’

It kicks off on Monday at 18.30 UK time (17.30 GMT), click here for a match preview.

“The team has trained well, but at the same time we haven’t played in three months, so there are going to be questions that can only be resolved during the game,” said the coach in his press conference.