There was a meeting yesterday between Torino president Cairo, coach Walter Mazzari and Massimo Bava, the director of sport that will takeover for Petrarchi. The intention is to have the coach work closely with the director of sport to shape up next year's roster. Mazzari does not want to dismantle the team that reached seventh place, instead he would like to keep it together and add two or three reinforcements. The main objective is midfield, where their first objective is a player that they tried for last summer as well: Pereyra of Watford, who Mazzari managed already in the Premier League. It will not be easy to convince the ex-Juventus and Udinese player as Torino missed out on European competition for next year. Instead of Pereyra, they decided to acquire Soriano last year, who only convinced in the second part of the season at Bologna.
And Lyanco also played the last six months of his season at Bologna. The Brazilian defender had a good run of form and Mazzari is ready to have him replace Moretti in defense. Other than him, Bonifazi will also reenter the team (he was on loan to Spal), but his return is not yet confirmed. They are evaluating the buyout clause of Djidji: the ex-Nantes played well and he is recuperating from a meniscus injury. His future is probably in Italy.
