by Salvatore Riggio
Sacked by Salernitana, Pippo Inzaghi rages against sporting director Walter Sabatini, “guilty” of a deficient market: “I would have liked transparency, football taught me loyalty”
There is a lot of bitterness in Pippo Inzaghi’s farewell words to the Salernitana fans and there is a lot of anger when he attacks the club and Walter Sabatini, the general manager of the Granata, without ever mentioning the president Danilo Iervolino.
The former national team center forward, world champion in 2006 in Germany, remained in the saddle for four months, from 10 October to 11 February: «I married the project with transparency and the latter is what I would have wanted, especially on the market which, in my opinion, was late and not in line”, we read in the post on his Instagram profile.
«Director Sabatini’s consolatory phrases are of little use, also because I don’t see the point in apologizing for one’s own mistake and chopping off another’s head. I live for football and for the loyalty that he taught me, this is why I love the fans, because they are loyal and unfortunately that is what I would also like for the entire environment but perhaps I am utopian”, he continued.
And again: «Finally, it would be of little use to say that Lady Luck with us has turned her head the other way. Now I hope that everything goes back to the way the place deserves and I wish my players to continue the growth path they started together three months ago. I embrace them all with affection, I embrace you all with affection and always “macte animo” (courage, ed.)”.
However, the beginning of this post is a greeting addressed to the Salernitana fans: «The moment of separation is always complicated, especially when the decision is made. Salerno got inside me in just a few months. Around the streets, fans and ordinary people stop me, with regret and displeasure, for a greeting, a photo, a handshake. The only word I feel like saying from my heart now is: “thank you”. For the welcome, esteem and trust. I don’t feel the weight of a failure, I feel the weakness of a mission unfinished not by my will, together with the great sense of responsibility for a city and one of the most beautiful fans in Italy. I confirm that twice I tried to shake up the environment from within, fearing my resignation, but I was always persuaded to continue because ultimately only one sentence is valid for me too: UNTIL THE END”.
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February 12, 2024 (modified February 12, 2024 | 11:21 pm)
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