Leonardo Pavoletti rejects offer, dry 'no' from'striker

At the end of the match won by Cagliari against Torino 2-1, Leonardo Pavoletti had the opportunity to say goodbye to the Sardinian fans in the last fixture at the Unipol Domus (in the next round Fabio Pisacane’s team will be the guest of AC Milan at San Siro). The navigated center forward’s experience at Cagliari ended after 9 years.

“It was a beautiful adventure, these fans gave me so much and I wanted to close with dignity. It is also difficult to explain the affection I received despite the injuries and playing less. Every time I got up from the bench I heard a crazy roar from the stands and that charged me. Future? I had surgery recently, my knee is not giving me encouraging signs. If an interesting life proposal will come to me I will evaluate, but we’ll see,” he said addressing the Sardinian audience.

About Pavoletti’s future, a market backstory has emerged: according to several U.S. sports newspapers, the striker in recent weeks has received some offers from two MLS clubs. There is talk of Columbus Crew and Philadelphia Union, which would have had some contacts with the center forward’s entourage, receiving, however, a sharp ‘no’ from the former Napoli.

The hypothesis of seeing Leonardo Pavoletti in the management of Cagliari is not to be excluded: “I would be lying to say that I do not see myself with a role in the club, of course it will be evaluated and we will also have to see if there will be new developments in the club. Now that we have achieved salvation there will be new evaluations and they will tell me if I will have a role in other figures in the near future,” said the same footballer in the press room.