Football Season Guide

After another disappointing campaign, characterized by an anonymous fifteenth standing on the table and an array of different men in charge of the team, one might have expected Cagliari management to be particularly active during the transfer season. As occurred in the previous summer, though, this did not happen. It almost feels as if President Cellino had lost whatever interest he had in the team and in its strengthening. Coach Ficcadenti, who was confirmed at the helm despite two not particularly brilliant stints at the beginning and at the end of the past season, so far saw the departure of two players only. In fact, Canini joined in Genoa while El Kabir made the journey back to Sweden, where he was coming from. Only the former was a regular in the starting eleven and his place should be taken by Rossettini, who arrived from Siena. Among the youths who arrived during this summer, Sau could become a protagonist of the next season. While on loan at Juve Stabia in Serie B, he succeeded scoring 21 goals. He should become a scoring alternative to Pinilla, with Ibarbo and Thiago Ribeiro more likely to start from the bench. Even though they were not particularly active during the transfer season, Cagliari at least managed to confirm the spine of the squad with players like Astori and Nainggolan, thus resisting to the several offers received from some bigger clubs.