Continuous contacts, despite the distance, but alignment on many fronts. Pippo Inzaghi and Pisa have already started working together. The latest name in the transfer market to emerge, that of Niccolò Pierozzi, 22 years old, a full-back owned by Fiorentina, goes precisely in this context. The player can become the natural replacement for Tommaso Barbieri, now destined for Juventus’ redemption. In fact, the Juventus club will formalize the re-acquisition of the card for 3.1 million euros by Monday, with Pisa thus having a net gain of 6-700 thousand euros. Pierozzi, a possible new signing for the Nerazzurri, was one of Inzaghi’s protégés at Reggina, playing 34 matches with 4 goals under his belt. It is therefore not surprising that Pisa now intends to give away a player who the coach knows well, is young and with whom he has already worked. A possible formula has already been identified, with a loan with right of redemption with Fiorentina and a possible counter-purchase. The former world champion also already knows several players in the squad.
One above all Stefano Moreo who, under the guidance of Inzaghi, managed to score 10 goals in the 2021-22 season and who, with the new coach, could relaunch himself, with a coach who fully understood his potential. Inzaghi also knows Matteo Tramoni well who, again in Brescia, scored 7 goals while towering over the attacking midfield.
Arturo Calabresi himself could benefit from the “Inzaghi Effect”, given that he made 18 Serie A appearances and one goal in 2018-19 under his guidance. The former coach of Brescia, Milan and Reggina also worked with Alessandro Livieri, at the Milan Primavera, he had the opportunity to coach Emmanuel Vignato, also at the time of Bologna, but he also worked with Artur Ionita, at the time of the promotion to Serie A of Benevento, with the player who was not bought out by Lecco and returned to the Nerazzurri just yesterday.
Ionita, 33 years old, is not guaranteed to be part of the club’s plans, but in this last championship he still managed to play 36 games with 4 goals, demonstrating that he has emerged from the ordeal of the knee injury that marked his experience at Modena the year before, again on loan from Pisa.
However, a sporting director is also needed to support Giovanni Corrado’s role as general manager. The company had bet on Renzo Castagnini who had already worked with Inzaghi in recent years. However, the situation has changed and yesterday the Brescia manager definitively communicated that he had interrupted the negotiations with the Nerazzurri club, deciding to definitively continue with the Rondinelle. We then return to the profiles of Giovanni Rossi and Mattia Baldini, but it is not excluded that the company could emerge with some surprises in the coming days.
