The paths of sporting director Ciro Polito and Bari part ways, after 3 seasons in the red and white the consensual resolution has arrived for the DS from Campania
Ciro Polito and Bari, closing credits. After three seasons, the paths of the Campania sports director and president Luigi De Laurentiis part ways. According to a first reconstruction, yesterday evening there should have been a meeting between Polito and the De Laurentiis company for a final discussion to decide whether to continue together or end the relationship early, given that the DS still has a contract that binds him with the red and white club until 30 June 2025. A meeting which, however, never took place and which was instead reduced to a simple phone call from Luigi De Laurentiis to Polito with which the two would have reached an agreement for a consensual resolution, with the club therefore already focused on finding a new name to plan the market for next season, with Simone Giacchetta, current sporting director of Cremonese, who at the moment would seem to be the number one candidate to receive the legacy of the former goalkeeper. Thus ends a controversial relationship characterized by ups and downs. Only a year ago, Polito was in fact considered by the red and white square to be the architect of the great ride that had brought the red and whites one step away from Serie A in the playoff final lost against Cagliari. With the DS capable, despite a limited budget for the market, of creating a very competitive team. In fact, it was Polito who brought Walid Cheddira to Bari in his first year with the red and white, purchasing him from Parma with a loan with right of redemption with the Moroccan who literally exploded, arriving to play the World Cup in Qatar with his national team and then making his debut in the Serie A with Frosinone. In the summer of 2022, midfielder Michael Folorunsho and goalkeeper Elia Caprile arrived at San Nicola and after a year in the red and white they became starters in Serie A, wearing the shirts of Hellas Verona and Empoli respectively. Not all of the intuitions of the now former red and white sporting director turned out to be correct, especially in the last season which ended with salvation obtained only in the playout with Ternana and with an alleged clash with some red and white fans upon returning from the Cittadella trip. Schedler, Brenno and Enjouma are probably the most important flops of Polito’s market who is now preparing for a new challenge, far from Bari.
