Former Italian international Enzo Maresca has declared that he wants to return to Italy, even if he doesn’t hold a high opinion of Serie A.
The midfielder has been strongly linked to Sampdoria and his current club Malaga’s perilous financial state means that a deal could be straightforward to complete.
However, the Italian, who is been away from Serie A since 2005, is less than enamoured with the peninsula.
“Yes, now I want to move back to Italy,” he told Spanish reporters this week.
Former Italian international Enzo Maresca has declared that he wants to return to Italy, even if he doesn’t hold a high opinion of Serie A.
The midfielder has been strongly linked to Sampdoria and his current club Malaga’s perilous financial state means that a deal could be straightforward to complete.
However, the Italian, who is been away from Serie A since 2005, is less than enamoured with the peninsula.
“Yes, now I want to move back to Italy,” he told Spanish reporters this week.
“Our football, like our whole country, has recently not painted a good picture of itself.
“Calciopoli, gambling and even the bunga-bunga – which had nothing to do with sport – this is a series of bad impressions which I, from afar, have not looked on with pleasure.
“Now, though, I would be happy to play in Serie A again.”
Sampdoria are the favourites to sign Maresca with their Coach Ciro Ferrara a former teammate of his at Juventus in 2004.
Maresca’s career has taken him to English club West Bromwich Albion, Greek club Olympiacos and two Spanish sides in Sevilla and Malaga.