Genoa sacked the coach Davide Ballardini. The decision came in the aftermath of the draw close to the ninetieth minute against Empoli. “The club – reads the note from the club – thanks the coach and his staff for the work done, the commitment and the passion always shown”. The coach pays only 9 points won in 12 races, the result of a single victory in Cagliari and six draws.
Among the possible substitutes, the name of the former golden ball Andriy Shevchenko circulates. The former AC Milan striker, former Ukraine coach from 2016 to 2021, would be at the top of the list of 777 Partners, Genoa’s new American bosses. And on Monday he could already be in Italy to lead the Ligurians waiting for the resumption after the break for the national team from the home match against Mourinho’s Roma.
The idea of ”777 Partners”, the American company that will officially own Genoa on November 15 with the closing, is to entrust the bench of the oldest club in Italy to a prestigious figure of world caliber. Not a ferryman until the end of the season, therefore, but a technician at the center of a real project, so much so that the former AC Milan champion and former Ukrainian national team coach was offered a multi-year contract with the aim of making Genoa grow.