Andrea Pirlo set to become new Sampdoria manager

Former Juventus manager and midfielder Andrea Pirlo is now set to become the new manager of Serie B side Sampdoria.

Gianluca di Marzio has reported that Andrea Radrizzani has now made the choice for Sampโ€™s new boss and it will be Pirlo, who left Turkish club Fatih Karagumruk some weeks ago at the end of the league season. Three meetings were held for Pirloโ€™s signature and the latest one took place yesterday.

Pirlo will sign a two-year deal with the option of a third. The final details are being sorted and that process is in progress. Pirlo was linked with a move to Salernitana some weeks ago when Paulo Sousa was being linked with a move to Napoli and the Salerno-based club were interested in Pirlo. But Sousa is now staying at Salernitana, ruliing out the option of them hiring the Italian.

Spezia were also linked with a move for Pirlo in the past but he will now restart his managerial journey in Italy from Serie B.

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Kaustubh Pandey | GIFN

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