These are very hot days for Serie B, which still has half of the benches to assign. Why? Because never before have so many managers been changing, who in theory should be the ones who choose the coaches. So everything slides, we wait for the various joints to fall into place and there is a succession of meetings, phone calls, mediations from agents, new proposals, overtaking and counter-overtaking, the verdicts that slip, the more or less painful separations, the contracts to be resolved in advance and the new ones to be signed, with coaches and directors who are touring Italy with the trolley in the trunk to be ready for the next appointment. The scenario is the one presented in the graph alongside: two new players (Dionisi and Grosso), eight confirmations (Calabro is also added to the group, who after the promotion with Carrarese has an automatic two-year renewal) and ten question marks. To be precise: five are confirmations to be defined, five are benches still without an owner.
Confirmations or not?
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Let’s start with who should stay, in particular those who are almost close to the announcement: the Citadel should continue with Gorini and the South Tyrol with Valens. It’s just a matter of sitting at a table, looking each other in the eyes and understanding each other, but the foundations for moving forward together are there. The same could be done Frosinone with By Francesco, as soon as president Stirpe has prepared the strategies for restarting with general manager Angelozzi: the coach does not have a contract, but his work has been appreciated and, if he does not return to Serie A, the club could offer him a new agreement. However, he has the contract Vivarini with the Catanzaro, but here too the calls from Serie A could be fatal: today the coach meets president Noto. For the record: Noto is also looking for a sporting director, awaiting termination with Magalini (from yesterday in Bari), and after seeing Lovisa and Polito he meets Vaira tomorrow. The change of manager a Cosenza could sensationally also lead to a change of coach: Gemmi left for Empoli (“Our paths will divide, but not by my will” he said), they are on the way Ursinus as director and Gennaro Delvecchio as director, who will soon meet with the technician under contract for the projects: Avenues However, it is in Pisa’s plans and therefore confirmation is not a given.
without masters
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Yes, the Pisa. Meeting after meeting, continuous casting both for the new director (Stefanelli will go to Juve) and for the coach: Inzaghi is on standby, Viali liked it, surprises are not excluded, but only at the end of the week will the manager be chosen first and then the coach who will replace him Aquilani. The latter today sees a Reggiana who will then choose between the four remaining in the running: Aquilani, Caserta, Abate and also Modest, who could leave Atalanta U23 and had a meeting. In all this there is the Bari, who is making a total revolution, starting from the new director (as mentioned Magalini is already in the city and waiting for the resolution of the tie with Catanzaro) to get to the coach: if Pisa doesn’t decide on Inzaghi, Bari could overtake . At the same time Inzaghi, if he chooses Bari, could free Pisa for Viali. But the plot becomes more complicated if we consider who the alternative to Inzaghi is for Bari, that is D’Aversa: the problem is that the former Lecce coach is also in the plans of the Venicebut the first to look for it was the Cesenawho had a deadline for a response set for last night at 7pm, after which the club said it was optimistic for a yes.
Late
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Whoever is further out to sea is there Salernitana. But there is a reason: the first step will not be the choice of the manager or the coach, but of the new owner, given that the negotiations for the sale seem to have reached the point. There has been talk of a new US-branded property, but in the last few hours the assault by Brera Holding has shown progress, so much so that yesterday optimistic comments filtered out from the Milanese financial company: a decision should be made by tomorrow. Yes, but who will choose the new actors? The new ownership or the old? Curiously, there is talk of “sharing choices”, with the current AC Milan player remaining in his role. Strange. This is why the names that have been circulating in recent days are absolutely credible: as a manager, after Petrachi, he is gaining ground Maiorino, while as a coach there is more and more talk about Toscano, who in any case still has one year left on his contract with Cesena. From Salerno to the others: it will be a long week!
