“You can get the wife wrong but not the striker and the goalkeeper“. Words from Pantaleo Corvino as told by Antonio Conte in a press conference some time ago when he was manager of Tottenham. And Palermo follows the thoughts expressed by the expert manager, clearing away all the doubts that hovered around the two roles.
Matteo Brunori will remain Palermo’s center forward for next season: Morgan De Sanctis did not mince his words, answering the question about the captain with just one sentence: “He is undoubtedly at the center of the project”. It will therefore be up to Alessio Dionisi to put Brunori in the best conditions to score lots of goals and bring Palermo to Serie A. For his part, the rosanero number 9 has shown himself to be indispensable and to play well in all types of attack, whether with two strikers, with an attacking midfielder, or alone in a trident.
The problem was perhaps, especially this year, some wrong attitude on the pitch, perhaps linked to the fact that he saw his team moving further and further away from what was the objective. Brunori will in fact turn 30 this year and does not have much time left to prove that he is a Serie A striker.
Extreme clarity also on the goalkeeper chapter: Palermo sporting director De Sanctis announced that the club will start again from Desplanches is that for Pigliacelli we will try to find a solution that satisfies him first and then also the company that “doesn’t kick anyone out”. For the role there is talk of the return of Andrea Fulignati, who has already worn the rosanero shirt, but the management’s intention would be to not recreate an unpleasant situation similar to that at the end of the championship, establishing clear hierarchies right from the start. From this point of view, the desire to give prominence to Desplanches, for which an important economic effort was made last season, seems clear.
Having dispelled the doubts about the key roles, Palermo will have to quickly identify the other cornerstones: few doubts about the permanence (with renewal) of Jacopo Segrea fan favorite and leader of the Rosanero midfield. The greatest urgency could therefore become that of identifying a defensive leader, unless Lucioni is still considered suitable for the role.
