Torino's sporting director Petrachi: “Hart? An important operation, I did not want to do anything silly"

With a new coach and many new faces, Torino is ready to be a protagonist in the Serie A, which restarts this weekend.che riparte nel weekend. Their sporting director, Gianluca Petrachi, spoke at a press conference today to present their newest acquisitions: Valdifiori, De Silvestri, Rossettini and Castan. He talked about Nikola Maksimovic, who finally moved to Napoli after a long transfer saga: "Maksimovic changed his mind and decided not to show up anymore. However, we were able to sell him in a deal that worked out well for us. I wanted Bruno Henrique, but I never saw him in person before he went to Palermo. Our doctors had some doubts about Simunovic and his physical condition, but Celtic did not agree to a loan deal." Then, he talked about the big transfer that brought Joe Hart to Torino: "It was something that came together immediately - Petrachi explained - we chose to go for Viviano, but Sampdoria did not want to sell him. His agent Vigorelli hoped to resolve the deal, but also said he was in contact with Hart's agent. So I thought that if City could pay part of his wages, it would be a great opportunity, but I want to make it clear that I did not want to do anything silly by advertising the player and then going for someone else. We evaluated if he wanted to join us, and in the end we were all happy. Mihajlovic welcomed him with open arms and he was reunited with Attilio Lombardo, who coached him during his time at Manchester City. We are satisfied; it was a fast and silent deal that I tried to hide as much as possible." @GIANMARCalciO