Marko Rog and Mateusz Wieteska did not play in the friendly match Cagliari lost 2-0 this afternoon in Hannover , Germany. Both players were on the bench, but were not included in the twenty-one players (Alessandro Deiola was the only one to play 90 minutes) involved in the match that concluded the first part of the training camp. The transfer market is also a factor: both are close to being sold.
Wieteska is headed to Kocaelispor in Turkey . The deal is currently being negotiated on a loan with a conditional obligation to buy. The Polish defender moved to PAOK in January, but the Greek club did not exercise their option to buy him outright, and he returned to Cagliari. He played in the first friendlies, against Ospitaletto and Galatasaray.
For Rog, there's an idea that could lead to Rijeka in his homeland . Since February 2024, he had been on loan at Dinamo Zagreb, and can now return to Croatia with one year left on his contract. Cagliari is also looking for a place for Nik Prelec , a striker who arrived in January 2023 (in Serie B) and has never impressed. He wasn't even called up for the training camp, and is headed to Oxford United – in the English Championship – on a paid loan with a conditional obligation.
Luca Mazzitelli is gaining ground in midfield . He's not in Como's plans, and wasn't even called up for Cesc Fàbregas's training camp. He's an old acquaintance of sporting director Guido Angelozzi, who brought him first to Sassuolo—at the start of his career—and then to Frosinone in 2022, where he played for two seasons.