Bologna’s operational plans will begin from today. Vincenzo Italiano – unless he travels – will be presented on Thursday. Joey Saputo will also be there during these hours, having already returned yesterday both to see his son Jesse busy with the Under 17s (KO against Juve in the first leg of the quarter-finals) and also to complete the managerial mosaic with the aim of giving the off to the market. The transfer summit of the top rossoblù leaders will start already today: and it will be a rough outline of what will be needed in a market that will not be overwhelming but targeted for the 4-5 expected exits. The season ticket campaign for the championship will also be launched in the next few days (later there will be that for the Champions League), but in the meantime the market sector has clear ideas and at least 5 alternatives for each role to be filled. Here: how many roles are there to look for? Exactly five. Centre-forward, left-back, left-footed centre-back (Brassier from Brest is the favourite), midfielder who (also) takes the place of the injured Ferguson and a right-back.
From Pavlidis to Minteh
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Having made the first choices – Odgaard already redeemed towards the end of the championship, Saelemaekers not like Kristiansen even if a buyback will be attempted for the Dane -, Italiano will generally start with a 4-2-3-1 that can be modulated into 4-3-3. The first piece to be filled is obviously with the person who will take the place of Zirkzee, who the other day CEO Fenucci appropriately defined as the arbiter of his own destiny. The sights of Sartori and Di Vaio are always aimed at Holland, at AZ Alkmaar, a tank from which “Sarto” has drawn four men between Atalanta and Bologna (Koopmeiners, Beukema, Odgaard and Karlsson). The name circled is that of Vangelis Pavlidis, a striker in the notebook for months and for whom many teams in Italy and Europe have moved. The value is high, around 18 million, but the player’s potential is now evident as well as expressed. Besides him, headlights on Strand Larsen (Celta Vigo). But the interference of the last few hours concerns Jhon Duran, a Colombian who found little playing time and little fortune at Aston Villa. An English blitz by Di Vaio also highlighted the idea linked to Armando Broja, 25 years old, Chelsea’s Albanian striker. Poll also for Feyenoord’s Gambian Yankuba Minteh.
Victor first, then…
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In the last few hours, the name of Robin Gosens had come back into fashion, and he seemed to be headed to… Tudor’s Lazio: without the Croatian coach, the German has become a viable path for Atalanta again even if Bologna maintains high attention despite knowing that the engagement goes well beyond the established parameters. Thus, this is why Lykogiannis’ contract will probably be extended but above all a new formula will be sought for Kristiansen: the unexercised buyout could be a prelude to a buyback for much less than the 14 million requested. The Dane’s Plan-B is called David Jurasek, purchased last year for 13 million and loaned to Hoffenheim: the Czech will only want to move with a definitive formula. Then, the midfield: the Verona wildcard Suslov (request: 10 million) is liked, followed for some time by Thorstvedt (leaving from Sassuolo) as well as the favorite Tessman (Venice). But the new name is represented by Aster Vranckx, who returned to Wolfsburg after a spell at Milan. Sartori had already looked for him right before he moved on to the Devil: signs?
