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Former Rangers duo Gennaro "Rino" Gattuso and Luigi Riccio are set to be named as the new management team at Serie A side Napoli. Carlo Ancelotti was ousted just hours after the

Italian side qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League with a 4-0 win over Belgian side Genk, amid claims of a feud with club president Aurelio De Laurentiis. Napoli are winless in

seven league games and as things stand, won't qualify for Europe. Gattuso, who had spells with Perugia, Salernitana and AC Milan in his homeland plus a brief spell with Swiss side Sion,

is expected to succeed Ancelotti at the Stadio San Paolo, according to the Daily Mail, and is set to be joined by former team-mate Riccio, who has worked alongside the 41-year-old during

his coaching stints at Sion, Palermo, OFI Crete in Greece, Pisa - who they took to Serie B - and AC Milan. PRESSURE TO DELIVER The pair are expected to be offered six-month contracts, with

an extra 12 months if they deliver certain results, such as qualifying for European football's premier club competition. Napoli currently lie in seventh place in Serie A, eight points

adrift of Cagliari who currently occupy the last Champions League berth. Ricco signed for Rangers at the same time as Gattuso in 1998 but made just one substitute appearance during a match

with Motherwell in May 1999. He was an unused sub when the Ibrox side famously won the league at Celtic Park later that month and is better known for his seven-year stint at Piacenza, and

two seasons with Sassuolo before hanging up his boots in 2009. According to reports, Ancelotti has already spoken with Gattuso on the phone to wish him luck in the new post. The 73-cap

Italian international has a close relationship with the 60-year-old manager, whom he played under at the San Siro. The Reggiolo-born boss is now on the lookout for a new club, having served

as manager of Reggiana, Parma, Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich as well as Napoli.