Last episode of the season for "Il Cagliari in Diretta", on Videolina, Radiolina and the social pages of the L'Unione Sarda Group, and today's special guest is Nereo Bonato , the sporting director of Cagliari who arrived in November and gave a notable contribution to the rise in the standings and promotion to Serie A on Sunday in Bari. "We tried to take advantage of the opportunity and it went well: believing in it to the end rewarded us", his story on the special evening at San Nicola . «Even in preparation for the second leg we knew we could play everything at the last second. We were convinced that along the way, keeping everything in balance, Bari would suffer from the pressure in the last few minutes . Now Cagliari must obtain salvation and stabilize over time».

The negotiations

The bulk of the work now arrives for him, with the market already buzzing. Starting from Nández and the renewal: «It will be one of the themes, if not the first, to consider . We know its value, there is the will to find an agreement for an extension », his hope. «We want to create the right balance between technical competitiveness and economic sustainability: it is right to have both. We don't want to make flights of fancy, we have to arrive in Serie A with the utmost humility and build something that will last». Marin returns from Empoli, who bought Walukiewicz. While for Bellanova there is still a question mark: « We are talking to Inter to understand, we can go beyond tomorrow's deadline and then find an agreement along the way . Relations with Inter are so solid that tomorrow's date may not necessarily be fixed. Let's make a 360° evaluation, there is the economic interest and then also that of some technical counterpart. They are future reasonings to do ».

On possible sales: «We know that some guys are talked about, for their performance in full view of all. If some indecent proposal arrives, it must be evaluated, otherwise we try to shore up the squad with the right profiles for the category . Then there will be some sacrifices to be made, even if on a human level it will be annoying, but it will be necessary because the championships are totally different ».

The choice

Arrived a month ago, Bonato had to define the farewell to Liverani and the great return of Ranieri. « There was a need for a charismatic leader, we thought he could be the right man at the right time . It was born with these intentions, we discussed with him the technical aspects and planning for the future. On the one hand he had a great desire to return to Cagliari and lend a hand if possible, on the other there were objective difficulties: fortunately we managed to convince him and it went well. Both he, who took a step towards Cagliari out of love, and the president did well. From there began a beautiful, difficult and also exciting journey ».

And in the end the desired result arrived: «These playoffs in Cagliari were twenty days of great synergy with the whole environment: team, club, fans and everything that revolved around them. It gave us a sensational charge, which I hadn't breathed anywhere else . This has been our strength."

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