Another week has passed in the house Cagliari and little by little the first market moves begin to be made. The rossoblù sporting director Nereo Bonato he dictated the guidelines of the Sa Ruina club’s summer campaign, with a little treasure to invest in young players who know how to combine potential yet to be expressed and reliable performance. Let’s go and see, department by department, what is happening in the rossoblù house.
Between the posts
With Simone Scuffet from the future that seems established in the rossoblù, it remains to be seen who the two goalkeepers will be who will watch the back of the Friulian born in ’96. Boris Radunovich could find a place in Serie B, but it also has its admirers in Serbia (above all Novi Pazar), while Giuseppe Ciocci he will return from the profitable loan from Pontedera and, at least initially, will be available to Davide Nicola. For the possible replacement of the Serbian goalkeeper one of the hottest names is that of Andrea Fulignatia 29-year-old playing for Catanzaro, fresh from two excellent seasons in Calabria and who would accept a secondary role in order to return to Serie A, a category known during his time at Palermo (9 appearances in 2016-17, including Palermo-Cagliari 1 -3 of 2 April 2017).
Defence
With the increasingly probable sale of Alberto Dossenaon which the pressure is strong How who has already found a basis of agreement with Cagliari but with other options still at stake, it remains to be seen what will happen Yerry Mina. The Colombian central defender is now busy with his national team in the Copa America, but he is a name that all the big teams in the Brasileirao like, especially Cruzeiro: the head of the technical area Alexandre Mattos is in Italy to close the deal Matheus Henrique with Sassuolo and, according to the green and gold press, would like to try everything to bring him back to Brazil. If Cagliari were to give up the starting pair of the second round of the 2023-24 season then at least one significant addition would be needed on the incoming market. The identikit leads to Sebastiano Luperto, captain of Empoli but on his way out: the 27-year-old from Lecce is not only liked by the rossoblù club (where he would find Davide Nicola) but also by other medium-high level clubs (Turin and Fiorentina), with the Tuscans who would be very happy to attend the auction for the left-handed central defender who grew up in Napoli’s youth sector. On the outside, the position of is hot Nadir Zorteaa winger owned by Atalanta who spent the second part of the last season with the Frosinone shirt: flexible player (right-footed, but can also play on the left wing), he is a name that really excites the Sa Ruina club for the incoming market and in the next few weeks, once the position of the new coach has been defined, there could be the first steps in negotiations with the Bergamo players.
Midfield
In recent days we told you about Atalanta’s interest in Antoine Makoumbou, with the Orobic club intending to invest in the Congolese franc to strengthen the Nerazzurri midfield. The situation remains alive, with the former Maribor player continuing to be in the sights of Gasperini’s scouts, but in Bergamo at the moment the priority is to manage the outgoing market, above all the position of Teun Koopmeiners: according to what filters from Bergamo, until the future of the Dutchman is clear there will be no acceleration on the signing front. Regarding the renewal of Nicolas ViolaHowever, everything is still at a standstill awaiting Nicola’s final approval. For his part, the Calabrian does nothing to hide his desire to continue at least another season with the rossoblù shirt, as demonstrated by the likes of the number 10 on the requests to stay in Cagliari from dozens of fans on the latest post published on his profile Instagram. Viola has been linked in recent weeks to several ambitious teams in the next Serie B – above all Palermo, Pisa and, in the last few hours, also Salernitana (as reported by colleagues from TuttoSalernitana) – but his first choice is to give continuity to his Cagliari adventure.
Attack
Cagliari’s big moves are ready up front. After the renewal of Leonardo’s contract Pavoletti for another two years, Cagliari has decided to divert the significant investment necessary to redeem elsewhere Gaetano Oristanio, fresh from a season with ups and downs and several physical unknowns, who Inter are trying to use as a bargaining chip. The strong name coming in is that of Francesco Pio Esposito, a physically fit center forward born in 2005, who the Italian champions are willing to let go for another season on loan after 38 appearances and 3 goals with the Spezia shirt among the cadets. A prospect name to complete the department, waiting to know the fate of Gianluca Lapadula: after the year as a driving force in Serie B – complete with Pablito’s title thanks to 21 goals in the regular season, plus 4 in the promotion playoffs – in 2022-23, the Italo-Peruvian’s return to the top flight was not easy to scoring level, with only 3 goals, one of which in Reggio Emilia’s salvation match against Sassuolo. Lapadula has a contract for another two years at significant prices and it is no mystery that, even more than Viola, he is a profile that practically all the big teams in Serie B like. Palermo and Pisa have made initial approaches, but his future it will be decided after the Copa America with the transfer remaining an option on the table of the rossoblù club. Also out Jacopo Desoguswhich in the next few hours will be linked to Citadel: Gergei’s two-year contract for 2002, with Cagliari retaining the right to buy back his contract and medical visits scheduled for early next week. Finally, on the revenue front, the rossoblù club remains vigilant Mbala Nzola: the Angolan will certainly leave Fiorentina, after an unforgettable season and, above all, after the farewell to the Viola of his mentor Vincenzo Italiano, who moved to Bologna. Closing up Jari VandeputteBelgian spinner among the best in Catanzaro, revelation of the last Serie B championship. Born in 1996, the winger originally from Gent is at the center of an important auction involving several Serie A and B teams: Cagliari is a destination welcome at number 27 of the Calabrians, but the Sa Ruina club will have to deal with competition from Verona, Como and, among the cadets, Palermo and Frosinone, where they would find Vincenzo Vivarini, who made him explode with the yellow-red shirt of Catanzaro.
Matteo Cardia
