Cremonese: Stroppa's Future Uncertain, Renewal in the Balance

The veil of uncertainty at Cremonese is growing thicker. Giovanni Stroppa is far from certain that he will remain on the Grigiorossi bench. After the big party to celebrate the return to Serie A, the Lombard club took a few days before starting to define the future. And the issue related to the coach appears to be at a complete standstill. In fact, Stroppa will have to meet the club next week to discuss the renewal of his contract, but since the post-promotion moments and in the following days he has made it clear that he is not sure about remaining in Cremona. "The ownership is thinking about it, we will decide by next week", says the Grigiorossi general manager, Paolo Armenia.

To date, the feeling is that the Mulazzano coach wants to first have the right certainties about the competitiveness of the technical project for next season too. This is linked to the big difference in personal feeling between Serie A and B. In his career in the top division, Stroppa has always struggled, getting fired prematurely. On the other hand, in the second division he has the reputation of being a "promotion wizard" and several teams are already interested in him: from Modena to Palermo, up to Venezia. In the event of a split on the Cremonese side, the names on the notebook are Alberto Gilardino (in pole position), Daniele De Rossi and Davide Nicola. In the meantime, the Grigiorossi are starting to look around to strengthen the squad. For the defense, a department that needs more reinforcements, they are interested in the 22-year-old Nosa Obaretin. The young and powerful center owned by Napoli, and formerly of the Milan school, played the season just ended in Bari. Pisa and the Swiss Lugano are also interested in him.

Finally, at the same time, the Lombard club will have to evaluate the returns from loan of several players. From defenders Quagliata to Sernicola (whose permanence is not totally ruled out), to forwards Afena Gyan, Okereke and Tsadjout. Goalkeeper Jungdal was instead redeemed by the Belgians of WesterloAlessandro Stella