Ancona leafs through its flower in search of the new sporting director, and it is a rare flower, with three petals: in fact, there are three names that appear in the short encrypted list hidden by Roberta Nocelli and Tony Tiong, three names of managers who President and CEO are calmly evaluating to make the best decision for the good of Ancona in the next few days. Without stopping but without haste, faithful to Goethe’s motto, as Il Carlino reported a few days ago, but above all in great secrecy to avoid interference that could harm the decision and could involve other companies. Companies who are perhaps negotiating with their manager, to let him go, in case his contract is at the end, or to renew their trust in him. This could be the case of Davide Mignemi, for example, current director of Gubbio: the president of the rossoblù Notari would have given him an ultimatum for reconfirmation, with a clear intention to keep him in Umbria and to do so as soon as possible. He could be one of the three profiles that Roberta Nocelli and Tony Tiong like, while the other two do not seem to fit into any of the names that have appeared in recent days alongside that of Ancona. Maximum attention to young people and the youth sector, this also seems to be an essential characteristic required of the new sporting director. Whether or not Ancona decides to do the so-called “minute play” with young players for next year, the objective is clear: within a few years to be able to produce players for the first team at home as other clubs do, also capable of using them to win the championship and move up in category, as is the case in Cesena’s path with Christian Shpendi and the previous year also with his twin Steven, who then landed at Empoli. It is not easy to create Serie B or Serie A players at home, but Ancona’s objective has always been this, since the arrival of Mauro Canil and his staff in the city, since the first year of Ancona-Matelica. Here, therefore, the new sporting director will have to have not one but two eyes of respect towards the red and white youth sector, which among other things is doing well, with the Primavera in the final on Saturday morning in Catania. The trip to Sicily will be an opportunity for Roberta Nocelli to see her young team at work, but probably also to meet Roberto Boscaglia who should join her for the occasion. The time for important decisions is ripe: Mister Tiong will soon have the final say on the new boss.
Giuseppe Poli
