Further and further down the rankings, increasingly contested. With a CEO who publicly apologizes to the fans and a patron, Danilo Iervolino, ready to take the field himself to save what can be saved and avoid a double leap backwards which would have very serious consequences from a financial point of view. But let’s go in order. After the defeat against Catanzaro, also the result of some questionable refereeing decisions (goal canceled out by Hrustic in the 96th minute), Stefano Colantuono decided to take a step back. In reality, already after Brescia the former Atalanta and Udinese coach had resigned, for reasons not disclosed, but which could be attributable to organizational problems within a club which, however, renewed its trust in him until late yesterday evening without excluding collaborations in the future under other guises. A bit like what happened when he took the helm of the youth sector. Who will be his replacement? Martusciello’s return has been ruled out so far. We are looking for an experience profile and the first idea matches the name of Rolando Maranrecently sacked by Brescia and looking for a new opportunity. The square would gladly welcome Breda’s return, Andreazzoli is also among the candidates who, however, has not done very well in the last two years. The decision will come in the next 48 hours.
Then there is Petrachi’s position who, this morning, is expected by a long conversation with the CEO Maurizio Milan. There will be a discussion on the strategies to be adopted in the transfer market, on the budget (which should go from 5 to 7 million, including salaries), on the names to be added to the squad already in the first week of January and, above all, on the negative performance of almost all the players who arrived in the summer. Someone could leave prematurely, even people with a certain experience: from Stojanovic to Torregrossa, passing through one of Soriano, Hrustic and Fiorillo. At least sixteen movements are expected between entries and exits. Part of the company was leaning towards a total turnaround, but a dismissal would be expensive and anachronistic, given that the market will open shortly. Iervolino’s collaborators have not hidden their respect for Maiorino, one step away from Salernitana last summer. We add that Petrachi himself could make a series of assessments if he was faced with a market session similar to the summer one, with various types of stakes and little autonomy. For now every transfer operation is frozen: there is talk of Cerri del Como for the attack and of a return of flame for the defender Letizia, but a lot will also depend on the game system adopted by the new coach. Raimondo, who was liked by the sporting director, should instead join Sampdoria, while Akpa Akpro (officially proposed by Lazio) will go to Monza.
As for the company, the Del Vecchio lead fades away. Very concrete, net of the usual denials. The name of Giovanni Lombardi circulates insistently, his relationships with Filomenò Fimmanò son of the lawyer Francesco Fimmanò who recently became a sports manager. Was the presence of both of them in Frosinone last Thursday a coincidence? At the moment the feeling is that Iervolino, with a positive balance sheet and other important income on the horizon, will go ahead alone while Milan will test the market to find partners who will support him by injecting new capital. There would be some top secret negotiations under investigation which will be explored in more detail today. Finally, a revolution is also possible in the company’s organizational chart. President Busso could take a step back, SLO Napoli will be asked for explanations regarding the choice to send the team under the curve yesterday afternoon in a moment of great tension and without the approval of the technical staff, the athletic trainers staff could be strengthened and the communication area. Finally, the new head of the youth sector needs to be identified.