Having now read up a little about him he’s only ever played and managed in France and I can’t find any interview with him speaking English. I’m sure he does speak English but I don’t think this has any legs at all.
This from Calciomercato reported on 10th Sep
https://www-calciomercato-com.translate.goog/news/bivio-de-zerbi-accontentarsi-di-una-piccola-o-aspettare-una-big--23201?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
Who knew De Zerbi is best friends with Guardiola? Interesting also that Aleksander...
Unless Ive missed something the last fixture is end of October. Regardless I would be very very surprised if this happened. More chance of signing Michael Owen