Born in Fiesole on 8 October 1988, deputy director of TuttoMercatoWeb.com since 2022.
Serie A is changing its face, especially when thinking about the benches. After a season with joys and sorrows, with Inter being Italian champions on one side and Napoli tenth after winning the Scudetto on the other, it was time to take stock and plan for the future to come. Among the eight teams that will participate in the next European cups, five in the Champions League, two in the Europa League and one in the Conference, five clubs have changed coaches and in view of the 2024/2025 Serie A, how will the objectives of the big Italian teams change? It’s impossible not to also include Napoli, who managed to convince Antonio Conte to sit on the blue bench, while for all the others, although the transfer market hasn’t officially started yet and there are still two months to go before the start of the championship, it’s already time to draw the road towards the objectives to be achieved, with the new coaches. Let’s now try to go in order.
Simone Inzaghi at Inter.
The second star on the chest, above the tricolor which will be sewn onto the Nerazzurri shirts for next season, will only mean that Inter will once again start as favourites. The change was not on the bench but it was even bigger, given that the club changed ownership, moving from Suning to Oaktree. Marotta is the new president, Ausilio and Baccin will make the transfer without spending crazy sums, but in any case Inzaghi will have the task of winning the twenty-first scudetto, without forgetting the Champions League, where the Nerazzurri will try to reach the final after the defeat of two editions ago against Manchester City in Istanbul.
Fonseca has the toughest task.
Milan has chosen Paulo Fonseca as Stefano Pioli’s heir and the Portuguese coach, with a past at Roma, will have the most difficult task. It will be difficult to do better than his predecessor in the championship, given his second place in the championship just concluded. It’s easier to do it in Europe, with the elimination before the round of 16 which could be improved, but without forgetting the 2023 semi-final. But the most important aspect will be the place: Fonseca will be able to bring back the smile and the voice to the Rossoneri people? The sound of silence was too bitter a pill.
Thiago Motta aims for 2026.
After a fantastic season at Bologna, Thiago Motta joined Juventus. Allegri left with one more Italian Cup under his belt and qualification for the Champions League and the club will not ask more, at least for the first year, from the former midfielder. However, the objective of the championship has only been postponed: in 2026 his Juventus will have to compete, but it will not be enough. He will have to win the tricolor.
Antonio Conte is back.
Antonio Conte’s task at Napoli is certainly easier. It is difficult, practically impossible, to do worse than this year. With the tricolor on their chest the Azzurri finished in tenth place, out of the cups. An advantage to have the week off, but also a greater responsibility. The market will be fundamental to understand the Azzurri’s ambitions, with Osimhen leaving and Di Lorenzo having broken up with De Laurentiis. Little chatter anyway: the objective, if it isn’t the scudetto, will be to finish in the top three.
The Romans.
On the one hand Daniele De Rossi, called to confirm after the excellent start at Roma, on the other Marco Baroni who after the miracle at Hellas Verona (salvation after the stampede in January) has the opportunity of a career at Lazio. The objective for both clubs will be to qualify for the Champions League. The European path will however be equally important. For prestige and more.
Gasperini the usual loose cannon.
And then there is Gian Piero Gasperini. And then there is Atalanta. If the championship that had just ended had lasted another month, perhaps Inter would have been a little scared too. The Dea won the Europa League by defeating the unbeatable Bayer Leverkusen, letting the whole world know that it had officially become a big name in European football. Can the scudetto become a reality? Who knows, but the certain thing is that there are no limits for Gasp.
Italian-Palladino: past, present and future.
Finally Bologna and Fiorentina. The Bolognese players will play the Champions League, with the former Viola coach, Vincenzo Italiano. Who knows very well how to get to the bottom of competitions, given the three finals reached in the last two years, but who on the other hand will have to remove the label of the loser, given the same number of defeats between the Italian Cup, one, and the Conference League, two. Doing better than Thiago Motta will be very complicated, but Italiano has taken up the challenge. Similar speech for Raffaele Palladino, who took his place at Fiorentina: the club will have to help him, the market will have to be important. The Viola need a revolution, and it will also be an important test for the former Monza player.
