Sonetti on Bari: “You need a passionate owner. No foreigners thinking about business »

Asked by Tuttobari.com about the crisis Bari is going through after relegation to Serie C and the standoff with the De Laurentiis family, Nedo Sonetti did not mince his words. For the veteran coach, the solution lies in a single committed owner, driven by love for the club and the city.

“As a general principle, timeshares are not good, you need a single owner and above all passion,” says Sonetti. “And let's not even mention foreigners: they only invest to do business. »

The technician recalls that we need “a solid foundation behind” the management of the club, not “someone who comes from Naples or elsewhere”. Sonetti insists: “You need someone who loves Bari and the people of Bari. A person who says that Bari must return to Serie A like it was so many years ago. »

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He takes the management of the Matarrese family as an example to illustrate his point and warns against any political interference: “My passion is someone who lives in the city, who wants to say that Bari must return to Serie A. We need football people who love Bari as a city and as a population, but without getting into politics, otherwise the devastation becomes total. »

Sonetti also mentions the case of coach Moreno Longo, whom he knew and launched at Torino: “Terramentally, he is someone who has great will, already when he was young and I was coaching Torino. I played him a few matches. I'm sorry it ended like this, but before hiring a coach, you need a serious company capable of doing things correctly for the good of the city, not for internal management. We need someone who says they want to bring Bari back to Serie A.”

Sonetti's statements resonate in a club seeking stability, while the question of ownership and Bari's sporting future remains at the center of debate.