“Roma? They are making mistake after mistake. I heard the interview with Ghisolfi who spoke in French, we are in Italy: either we speak Italian or the international language which is English. There is no such thing as doing an interview in French with a translator. And you can’t give De Rossi a three-year contract and then send him away after a few games. A bit of Italian managerialism would be needed.” Thus to TuttoMercatoWeb.com the former sporting director of Napoli, Mauro Meluso.
Is Ranieri the right man?
“It takes a person of great human, technical and personality depth. Ranieri embodies all these characteristics. However, the ferrymen in these squares risk not turning out to be the right choices. I would invest Ranieri with a more important role than that of ferryman.”
Scudetto: who are you aiming for?
“Inter and Napoli above all. But six-seven teams will fight for the Scudetto until the end. Lazio and Fiorentina are surprises up there. The championship is more exciting. Even though I went to watch Roma-Turin and I was bored. It means that something needs to be reviewed at all levels because we risk making people disaffected.”
Ismajli shines in Empoli and is a market man. She took him to Italy, to Spezia.
“This boy’s growth has been a surprise. When we signed him at Spezia he was paid a few euros. I saw him in a match of great competitive fury. He played for Hajduk Split, his temperament struck me a lot. With Italiano he has grown a lot.”
Serie B: Spezia, Pisa and Sassuolo are doing well.
“The teams that are in command play excellent football and are deservedly up there. Sassuolo has players who would play in Serie A for any team. Spezia has given continuity to the coach and has done an excellent job on the transfer market, showing important pragmatism and is a candidate for winning the championship. Pisa has ownership that cares about the team’s fate and is investing a lot.”
Palermo and Sampdoria disappoint. Cremonese is in confusion and has changed coach again, bringing back Stroppa.
“We can’t talk about a flop yet. Especially in the case of Palermo and Sampdoria even if the latest results have not been brilliant. Cremonese deserves a separate discussion: these constant changes of coach indicate that the problem is not there but perhaps elsewhere, you cannot take a coach like Corini and sack him after a few games. But there are capable managers who will know what to do for the good of Cremonese.”
Director, are you ready to get back on track?
“I hope to return having the opportunity to work as I am used to doing with a medium-long term project, trying to grow the club that will call me.”