While contacts with the US fund Presidio Investors intensify, president Setti has given the coach one last chance. In case of defeat “ball” to Sammarco
Verona has decided to confirm its trust in Paolo Zanetti. The coach will still sit on the bench for the delicate away match in Parma on Sunday afternoon, but in the event of a negative result he will be relieved of his duties. After the terrible blowup at home against Empoli, the Gialloblù sporting director Sean Sogliano had given himself a margin of 48 hours to decide on the coach’s fate.
Americans in the background
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After two days of reflection also with president Setti, the decision was made to give the very last chance to the coach hired this summer after Marco Baroni’s farewell. The Verona leaders have thoroughly evaluated the possibility of an internal solution. At the beginning we thought of Salvatore Bocchetti, a coach still under contract after the salvation obtained two years ago together with Zaffaroni. Then the prices of Paolo Sammarco, the current Primavera coach who is having a good championship, went up a lot. Also due to the situation of the club, which in the last few hours has been intensifying contacts with the American fund Presidio Investors for the sale of the majority of the shares which could take place before the new year, the internal solution would be the most probable, both from the point of economic and logistical point of view. If on Sunday against Parma we don’t see that turn that would stop the bleeding of negative results (four defeats in a row, seven in the last eight, with the worst defense in the championship), the “ball” would immediately pass to Sammarco.