Salernitana are in chaos after formally announcing director of sport Walter Sabatini has left, raising speculation over coach Davide Nicola and many players too.
The reports of issues between President Danilo Iervolino and director Sabatini had emerged over the last 24 hours and got progressively stronger.
This afternoon, the Serie A club released a statement confirming Sabatini will not continue working there for the 2022-23 campaign.
He had only arrived in January, which was when Iervolino bought the club from Lazio chief Claudio Lotito, and completely transformed a squad that was rock bottom of the table.
They managed to avoid relegation in the final minutes of the season and had been seemingly ready to build on that success going forward.
Instead, with Sabatini’s departure, the position of coach Nicola is also now in doubt.
Sabatini is something of a legend in Italian football circles, the chain-smoking 67-year-old having worked at Palermo, Roma, Sampdoria, Bologna, Inter, Salernitana and Montreal Impact.
🇱🇻 L’U.S. Salernitana 1919 e il D.S. Walter Sabatini rendono noto di non proseguire il rapporto di lavoro per la stagione calcistica 2022-2023.
Ringraziandolo per il lavoro svolto e l’impegno profuso la Società augura al Direttore Sabatini le migliori fortune professionali.— US Salernitana 1919 (@OfficialUSS1919) June 2, 2022
Maybe some insight as to why would be helpful?
salernitana survive because sabatini worked wonder on january transfer window. and now they sacked him after that what a joke club.
This is disastrous, a recipe to be sent right back down.
Seems like they have signed the papers for Serie B.
They deserve to go down again.