Rimini celebrates the playoffs with a strategic move of no small importance. Yesterday Nicola Pietrangeli extended his contract, which expires in a couple of months, until 2026. Another two years in the red and white, some might think, for the Roman central defender who arrived on the Riviera when Rimini was sailing in Serie D. But the Pietrangeli road seems to have been marked for some time now. Serie B destination. But now whoever wants to grab Pietrangeli will necessarily have to knock on Rimini’s door. A move of no small importance, perhaps even expected. But in these cases, when the sirens of the higher category clubs make themselves heard very loudly, the last word is never said. What Pietrangeli’s next destination will be, and if there is one, will only be known at the end of this season. But, in fact, a few days after what seemed to all intents and purposes to be a ‘Pietrangeli case’, when last Sunday the centre-back was relegated to the bench for the match against Virtus Entella, the scenario changes and quite a lot . Last winter transfer window the defender was one step away from sporting director Paolo Bravo’s Sudtirol, an old acquaintance of Rimini and Rimini by adoption. Then everything fell apart, at the last second, with Pietrangeli attracted by rumors of other cadet clubs to court him. But that ‘project’ may not have been skipped. Because in any case Sudtirol would have left Pietrangeli on loan to the Piazzale del Popolo club until the end of the season. To find out more about the future we will have to wait for the future. For now, Rimini is enjoying the present. An ‘armored’ present for Pietrangeli who appeared in Piazzale del Popolo in the summer of 2021, ready to start from behind the scenes. But the young player from Castelli Romani was quick to secure a starting place in Serie D. And he never left it even the following year, on his debut in professional football, in a checkered shirt. An exponential growth that quickly made Pietrangeli a true market man. Last summer, only back pain stopped some interesting negotiations, but his future seems to be clear. And for now it is colored red and white.
