Matteo Pessina was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
Cause
He is rested to protect a player close to a transfer.
Outlook
Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.
Has agreed personal terms with Crotone — only the medical to go
Moderate
Cause
Stage: personal terms agreed. Briefings from the interested club leaked. It would be a lateral move. He is a loyal type and unlikely to push for a move. He remains focused on the current job.
Stage: concrete interest. The interested club has formally approached. It would be a lateral move. He is a loyal type and unlikely to push for a move. He remains focused on the current job.
Stage: negotiations are opening. Briefings from the interested club leaked. It would be a lateral move. He is a loyal type and unlikely to push for a move. He remains focused on the current job.
Stage: shortlisted. The local press has carried the story. The move would be a clear step up. The interested club is meaningfully bigger. Publicly calm, but privately the link interests him. It would be a clear sporting upgrade.
Frustrated after the club rejected interest from Empoli
Minor
Cause
Stage: the bid was rejected. It became public after the bid was rejected. The move would be a clear step up. A bid has already been rejected. Publicly calm, but privately the link interests him. It would be a clear sporting upgrade.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Led the defence in a tight match
Minor
Cause
He held the back line together when the game was hanging in the balance.
Criticised for losing tactical discipline
Moderate
Cause
He drifted from the tactical instruction the manager had drilled in pre-match. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
Outlook
Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.
Praised in a satisfied full-time talk
Minor
Cause
The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. His professionalism usually steers him back from these moments.
Outlook
Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.
Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
Outlook
Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.
Asked the manager for a private conversation
Serious
Cause
His relationship with the manager has soured. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Eyeing a future in coaching
Minor
Cause
He is deep into the late stage of his career.; His professionalism marks him out for coaching.