Italian footballers on WhatsApp, perhaps finding caretaker (7)
I believe the answer is:
interim
'caretaker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'italian footballers on whatsapp perhaps' is the wordplay.
'italian footballers' becomes 'inter' (Inter Milan).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'whatsapp perhaps' becomes 'IM' (short for instant messenger - type of app).
'inter'+'im'='INTERIM'
'finding' is the link.
(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include "Meanwhile" , "acting" , "temporary period" , "Caretaker" , "Temporary - provisional" .)