Davide Nicola-Cagliari Calcio, it's over. After a night of reflection, the decision on the divorce between the coach and the rossoblù club arrived this morning. An outcome that was taken for granted following the face to face meeting between the coach, president Tommaso Giulini and sports director Nereo Bonato that took place yesterday afternoon in Milan . Contract terminated during the process without drama, therefore, with an agreement that should have been reached also for the economic part.

The company's top management can only be satisfied with the salvation achieved with a day to spare, but Nicola was accused of not valorizing some players that the club asked to exploit and field. He asked for investments to raise the bar under his guidance.

Distant visions that have imposed the turning point for the next season in Serie A in which, according to leaks, Cagliari Calcio would like to focus on young players and the growth of the group: a task that could be entrusted to Fabio Pisacane, former rossoblù and coach of the Primavera that won a historic Coppa Italia. But the succession game is not yet defined at the moment.

Nicola arrived in Cagliari eleven months ago, with the official announcement on July 5, 2024 following the termination of his contract with Empoli. In the season just ended, he led the rossoblù to fifteenth place with 36 points, thanks to 9 wins, as many draws and 20 defeats. For him, this was the first time since 2016-2017, the year in which he achieved great salvation in Crotone, in which he started and closed the championship on the same bench.

Like Ranieri a year ago, Nicola achieved salvation on the penultimate day: in this case with the 3-0 against Venezia on May 18. The season ended with Napoli-Cagliari on Friday 23, then about ten days of waiting (spent in the capital) before yesterday's summit in Milan, a city that Nicola reached with a flight taken in the late morning.