The January transfer market closes on Thursday, 8pm. And Cagliari, after almost a month of negotiations, is still at a standstill under the heading of "purchases". The rossoblù company, on the other hand, has so far remained nailed by the infamous liquidity index and has only moved outwards. They said goodbye to Pereiro and Capradossi, who up until now had scored zero minutes in the league. But a starter like Goldaniga has also left. Yet sporting director Bonato has his sights set above all on a reinforcement for the midfield , indicated as a priority since the start of the negotiations. And for the defense we will only move if other transfers are made and if a last minute opportunity presents itself.
From Pisa they have no doubts: Idrissa Touré is now a Cagliari player. In recent weeks, the midfielder had been sought by Spezia, where he had been recommended by his former coach D'Angelo, but Touré sent the offers back to the sender, attracted by the possibility of making his Serie A debut with Cagliari. German originally from Gambia, great physical strength, decent technique, raised in Italy in Juventus NextGen, Touré has had a complicated season so far due to a serious injury (fibula fracture) and some problems with coach Aquilani, who considers him unsuitable for the players. his schemes. Cagliari aimed for it right from the start, but first had to give in to then be able to make their offer to Pisa. The Tuscans are trying to monetize as much as possible to let go of a player much loved by the fans who, last year, made 29 appearances, with 3 goals and 2 assists. Today should be the decisive one, to then give the green light for the medical visits and signing.
The possible purchase of Touré also risks remaining Cagliari's only incoming move. Even if Ranieri continues to hope for some changes also for a defense which, with the two goals conceded by Torino, has reached 38 goals conceded and which has lost its only player over 30, Goldaniga. A defense that, to date, can only count on three debutants in Serie A such as Dossena (25 years old), Wieteska (26) and Hatzidiakos (27) and on Obert (21). But the defender is not a priority and even the names of Palomino and Kumbulla do not seem convincing, given that both are returning from complicated injuries and a start to the season which saw the Atalanta Argentine playing just 23 minutes in the league (4 appearances) and not even 20' between the Italian Cup and the Europa League, while the Roma Albanian only has one bench in the Italian Cup derby.
This is why at Cagliari we are thinking more about other exits. The disappointing Shomurodov could thus return to Roma, bringing forward the end of his loan, if a new position were to be found for him. A loan is being sought for Desogus and, finally, Rog could also leave Cagliari. The Croatian, still in the pits due to yet another cruciate rupture, could leave Sardinia and return to Croatia.