Morgan De Sanctis he returned to speak after the end of his adventure at Salernitana but he obviously did so as the new sporting director of Palermo on the day of his and coach Alessio Dionisi’s official presentation. There are almost no references to the former goalkeeper’s previous experience.
“I feel the responsibility of occupying this role in an important club. At Salernitana, as part of my role as sporting director, I developed 4 or 5 negotiations with Palermo in the past management, two of which were practically closed, then one was postponed due to non-football issues (Valencia’s loan transfer, ed.), the other by Mamadou Coulibaly has instead ended”, said De Sanctis before obviously moving on to his current affairs: “We would like to improve the squad with players who know the Italian championship. Players from Serie A will arrive, even from Serie B, I don’t know if players who have recently played in Serie B will arrive. Patience is needed because we are trying to bring international profiles here who are contested by higher category teams, albeit not in such a virtuous way and with less popular than Palermo. We need the right mix: it is important to have experience also to manage an environmental factor that will influence our choices, playing in Palermo is not like playing in other places, it is the most demanding and passionate place in Serie B, this fact must be taken into consideration . On the other hand, just as Dionisi and I are young and want to build something important, we also expect to sign young players who have the same desire. We need to understand who is really motivated to live this project and who is motivated to get there.”
Segre ended up in De Sanctis’ sights when the director was at Salernitana. Now he can be found in the rosanero: “I joined a negotiation that the old management had already started in the second half of last season. Jacopo is convinced that Palermo is the right continuity for his career. We are the same, it’s a question of details, we hope to be able to announce the renewal soon. Brunori? He is part of the Palermo 2024/25 technical project, there is no doubt about it”.
Probably mindful of the Dia case he experienced in the grenade, De Sanctis then clarified: “I don’t have a budget that influences me, I think about giving the coach players who are flexible, functional and eager to wear this shirt. We will not treat anyone who is not already convinced and who does not ask us every day to come to Palermo. We care particularly about this aspect. Migliaccio? If I have to imagine what I would like from the players from a character point of view, I expect them to have a clear idea of how to be a professional, as he was with this shirt.”
