The warning from president Zangrillo during the presentation of the pre-season in the Dolomites and the repeated responses to postpone any discussion by the person directly involved had toned down the discussions surrounding the contract renewal of Mr. Alberto Gilardino.
Having officially achieved salvation, sealed by the 3-0 home win against Cagliari, and on a decidedly festive evening for Genoa, the time was then ripe to return to talking about the future of the Biella coach who was responsible for last year’s promotion and the more than satisfactory championship of this return to Serie A.
It is therefore certainly not a coincidence that the entire Genoa corporate staff was present yesterday with the president Zangrillo, the owner Wander, the CEO Blazquez, the sporting director Ottolini and the general sports manager of the 777 Spors group who, at the end of the match against the Sardinians, marched compactly towards the changing rooms just as the North Stand had just loudly chanted the coach’s name.
However, almost everyone was tight-lipped except for the president who, speaking to Dazn, not only confirmed the words of esteem of recent weeks at the presentation of the training camp in Val di Fassa, reiterating how “the credit for this good season is totally attributable to him and the boys” and how “would be painful and difficult to lose“considered the merit of”having built a group, LThe team played with and for him“.
Words of esteem and openness which this time the coach expressed in a decidedly more open manner than he had done so far in the usual post-match conference: “In these days I will have the opportunity to sit down with the company and talk – he said – I have great affection, respect and gratitude towards the square, the team and the society, and I know that this is reciprocated. I feel very comfortable here and work well, mI really hope there are all the conditions to move forward together“.
The intentions really seem to be there and the time is ripe, even if there would be some watchful eyes on the coach, in a transfer market that promises to be intense in the months to come. The next few weeks will certainly be decisive in putting down on paper ambitions and programs for the Grifone, and doing so with a coach who can be counted on for his familiarity with the environment and constantly growing levels of maturation would be no small feat.
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