Today’s edition of “Il Corriere dello Sport” focuses on the negotiations that Palermo are carrying out for Vandeputte from Catanzaro with Soleri and Di Mariano possible counterparts.
More and more Aquilani. Catanzaro is banking heavily on the former Pisa and Fiorentina youth coach, who landed on the bench after a long and successful career as an all-round midfielder which saw him excel with Roma, Liverpool, Juventus, Milan, Fiorentina and Sassuolo, as well as in the senior national team. Contacts with the Giallorossi club have intensified and, within a couple of days, signatures should arrive on an agreement that provides for two seasons with the option for a third.
L’AQUILANI TO THE SOUTH. It is a bond that will be strongly structured for Catanzaro and for Aquilani himself who, for the first time, will live an experience in a southern square that has demonstrated that it lives every story of the team with authentic passion and attachment. The former Sassuolo player, on the other hand, also boasts a consolidated friendship with Pietro Iemmello, having played together at Sassuolo in 2017. Catanzaro, on the other hand, wants to quickly forget what his predecessor did in the last two seasons and a half (play-off semi-final in C, victory in the tournament and play-off in B), or Vincenzo Vivarini, record-breaking coach, hiring a coach who is very reminiscent of Vivarini himself in his way of playing and building. In the two seasonal matches played between Catanzaro and Pisa the results were always in the balance (the Giallorossi won narrowly at home and drew, suffering a double comeback, away) with mutual compliments between coaches. But now it will be different.
NEW PLAYERS. To make us forget the past, while waiting for Aquilani’s name to be officially identified for the Giallorossi bench, it will be necessary to put a heavy hand on the staff, also considering the large number of passive loans (8). People like Donnarumma, Ambrosino, D’Andrea, Ghion, Stoppa, Oliveri, Veroli and Miranda, important in the group’s economy from the season just ended: they are ready to return to their respective parent companies. The work of new sporting director Ciro Polito is decidedly demanding in this period, also having to resist market attacks for the most attractive players, with the Belgian advanced winger Jari Vandeputte (28) requested by Lecce and Cagliari in Serie A, while Palermo he stepped up by also putting technical counterparts on the plate such as the left wing Francesco Di Mariano (28) or the striker Edoardo Soleri (26). The discussions have begun but obviously the president Noto he will not make any decisions unless after having consulted the new sporting director and the coach, it is not only a question of money, but also of technical projects which should be ambitious without making any proclamations. Incoming Catanzaro’s interest is on the unders, among these a profile of interest is that relating to the left wing Flavio Di Dio (22), in force and expiring with Giugliano, with 27 appearances and 2 assists in the season just ended .
