There is no yes yet, Claudio Ranieri and Cagliari have not yet pronounced it. Maybe it will be a formality, or maybe not. But between the coach from Testacci and the most titled club in Sardinia there has always been a bond that has never been betrayed, which could now be reinvigorated. After 31 years the rossoblù bench could really be entrusted again to Sir Claudio .

A meeting is scheduled for today , to get back together after that Cagliari-Bari (always historic crossing for those who care about the rossoblù colors) drawn in 1991 thanks to a network of Mobili, which certified a miraculous salvation.

Regardless of the positive conclusion of the negotiation, however, he shouldn't sit on the bench on Monday 26 December against Cosenza: Roberto Muzzi and Fabio Pisacane should lead the team, who from today will prepare the assault on the Calabrians of the ex Joaquin Larrivey and the Nuorese Aldo Florenzi , one of the best talents that Serie B has expressed in recent years according to the most qualified insiders.

There is still no official announcement of Ranieri's great return, also because some knots still need to be resolved. In fact, Sir Claudio asks for guarantees of various types, not least those of a technical nature. In agreement with the company board and Diesse Nereo Bonato, the strengthening campaign will aim to fill the shortcomings in some crucial departments of the workforce . In detail, as already anticipated by Unionesarda.it , in the viewfinder there would be a rocky central defender capable of giving greater security to a department that danced a lot in the first round; a left winger and a central midfielder with leg and physique .

What better occasion than the meeting scheduled for today to smooth out every slightest perplexity, even if the coach who brought Cagliari back to Serie A from Serie C said he was more than once happy to be able to return to coaching where his career had taken a winning fold.

Ranieri would return to Sardinia and to the city, to which he has always shown gratitude and which welcomed him with the honors of triumph, on 1 June 2017, as guest of honor at the last match at Sant'Elia . To him - barring surprises - will have the task of putting the pieces back together of a team which, suitably reinforced, can still attempt a run-up to Serie A, at least through the playoffs.

For the rossoblù torcida , weakened by the most surreal relegation of the club's over 100-year history and by a first round certainly not up to expectations, it would be a nice Christmas present , capable - after a long time - of getting everyone to agree .

Only if the Ranieri operation doesn't go through will Cagliari knock on other doors. The alternatives, moreover, are not lacking: Beppe Iachini, fresh from his experience in B at Parma in the last season, Roberto D'Aversa, Andrea Stramaccioni, Davide Ballardini and Diego Lopez could be the case for the rossoblùs.

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