Speaking at the press conference, the Torino coach Paul Vanoli he spoke about individuals, especially Ricci: “Young players need to grow. He was good at continuing his journey: the national team is an important experience, he was in the first part of the preparation for the European Championship and this is a reward for him. He must have increasingly higher goals with Toro.
Walukiewicz and Pedersen? All those who have arrived are ready. My job is to see their history: Walukiewicz already had continuity at Empoli and played in the national team, Sosa’s history is different because despite being an excellent player last year he played little and did not do the summer preparation but trained with Ajax B. The national team was good for Sosa, but I have to be careful about his base.
Maripan played more last year, he went to the national team and his journey was long. Pedersen played a lot in Sassuolo, he didn’t go to the national team and did the preparation, he just lacks match rhythm. The roles? Walukiewicz is a right-hand man, then we have full-backs who can play on the right and left, Maripan has experience and can cover two roles even though he knows less about the three-man defense, he often played with four in the middle on the left”.
Read Paolo Vanoli’s press conference