Speaking during a press conference, the sporting director of Venezia Philip Antonelli he also had his say on the coach’s summer farewell Paul Vanolithen replaced by Eusebio Di Francesco: “I honestly didn’t understand some of the things I read and heard about him. I didn’t understand why Vanoli continues to talk about Venezia. A team that loved him and gave him so much, we thank him Vanoli for bringing us to Serie A, but I’m still surprised that he still talks about Venezia and doesn’t think about Torino, which is his current team. Just as he thought about the pitch, I thought about supporting him, the relationship has always gone well, I’ve never had a conflict with him. I can’t give importance to the thing, it was his choice and that’s it”.
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Even the sporting director of Empoli, Roberto Gemmifocused on some individual transfers completed by the Tuscan club in the blue jersey in the summer transfer window that just ended: “I had followed Anjorin, he was a player who was being closely watched. We decided to try to do this operation with a very important club to find the right path to bring him to Empoli as an owner. We moved thanks to the various relationships. In the first training sessions he impressed me but that doesn’t affect me, because in August football you always have to be calm, it takes time. For De Sciglio we needed an experienced player, who could help us in the dressing room and who was available to play in multiple roles”.
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Like Venezia and Empoli, Cagliari also wanted to take stock of the recently concluded market, through the sports director Nereo Bonatowho spoke at the press conference: “It was a good transfer market session. We achieved our goals, we are building a basic structure following the club’s philosophy, more aggressive and dynamic. We want to focus on young targets, possibly Italian, also keeping in mind the playing characteristics of our coach, as well as the economic constraints and parameters. We wanted to start again with Viola, Mina and Gaetano plus other profiles that need to mature. We focused on the defense with the arrival of Luperto and the confirmation of Mina himself. The return of Marin and the arrival of Adopo gave us quality in midfield, as well as the wingers. In attack we took Piccoli, a young player who can find the right environment in Cagliari to continue to grow. The playing philosophy has changed, and we need to work on it, to be quick. There have been some farewells, 6 transfers and 7 loans, the latter to give the opportunity to play to some profiles”.
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