Palermo director of sport Walter Sabatini is hopeful that Italy head coach Marcello Lippi will acknowledge the Rosanero’s superb campaign by naming some of their players in his squad for the World Cup finals this summer.
There have been calls in the Italian press for Lippi to include striker Fabrizio Miccoli and defender Federico Balzaretti, and Sabatini told Mediagol.it: “I’m not annoyed that Lippi is not looking at the Rosanero players at the moment. But I can tell you that these players have exceptional technical qualities and here’s hoping that he will consider them.
“I don’t want to put any pressure on him, but these are lads who prove their worth on the pitch week in, week out,” he added of Miccoli and Balzaretti.
“I’m sure that both of them have been on Lippi’s mind on more than one occasion.”