It seemed likely that Andrea Stramaccioni would replace Massimo Oddo on the Udinese bench, after his eleventh straight loss, but an agreement has not yet been reach because of the absence of guarantees on the technical aspects for the construction of the squad for next season. The former Inter and Sparta Prague manager wanted this in his contract and wanted a penalty in the case that these promises weren't kept.
An option could be to give well-loved (also by Pozzo) assistant manager Roberto Muzzi a contract for the 4 remaining games and for next season, but the written gurantee to improve the squad which is being asked by the city and the fans. Another alternative is former Genoa and Hellas Verona manager Andrea Mandorlini, which emerged in the last few hours. Mandorlini is actually negotiating with Cremonese to replace Tesser: a crossroad between Udine and Cremona that has yet to be defined...