Cairo on Belotti’s renewal: ‘I made an offer beyond Torino’s possibilities, I can’t force him’

The president and CEO of RCS Mediagroup spoke at the Sport Festival about the attacker and the state of health of the grenades

On the sidelines of the opening day of the Trento Sport Festival, Urbano Cairo answered the reporters’ questions about the championship and the moment of his Turin, dedicating a very explicit sentence to the question of Belotti’s non-renewal of the contract, which will expire on 30 June 2022: “For the moment he has not signed and I do not think he wants to sign. I made an offer that was beyond the capabilities of Toro, I cannot force him to do anything”.

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The stadiums

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The question and answer had started from the reopening of the stadiums, at the moment still partial but it is hoped that it will become total soon. Cairo says: “The match with the public in the stadium is something else entirely and we at del Toro know it very well because we have a very hot supporters, famous for being the twelfth player. So good for clubs, for TV, for entertainment. in general. But that’s not enough “.

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First balance

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He was then asked for an initial assessment of the tournament that Ivan Juric’s Torino is playing: “It’s a positive start, we saw a change of gear, a Toro who played in a different, more aggressive way. I read a statistic on ball recovery. , we are in third place close to Atalanta who make this their mantra. I have seen many good things, the coach is doing a good job, the players have responded positively, the club is trying to put everyone in a position to have what they want. we need it. Maybe we are missing some points but we have seen good things. But now we have to keep working “.

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Game concepts

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A need often underlined also by the Croatian coach, whose work Cairo gladly underlines: “The team has assimilated a lot of what Juric has in mind and will be able to do it more over time. We must also consider the injuries, unfortunately. In the last one. match (the derby, ed) we had five out and all in attack so there was no possibility of making the changes that the coach would have wanted. The coach has clear ideas and a precise game, the team has assimilated it in an important way “.

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Prehistory

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Closing on the problem of racism: “I was unable to attend the Lega assembly as I was traveling to come here to Trento. I know that it has been talked about strongly, it is not tolerable at any level. It belongs to prehistoric times, not it exists, measures will be taken. I don’t know which ones because I was not present but something important will be done. There will be zero tolerance “.

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