New Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has revealed the club's plans for the future under Thomas Di Benedetto and discussed the transfer market.

Sabatini held a Press conference earlier today in which he explained what direction the club would be taking once American businessman Di Benedetto officially takes control of the outfit.

"I don't like to talk about projects as they don't exist in football. All that exists is working on a daily basis," the official noted.

Delio Rossi is likely to leave Palermo at the end of the season, says former Rosanero sporting director Walter Sabatini.

President Maurizio Zamparini has said that he will hold talks with the tactician at the end of the season over his future.

Although Zamparini may want Rossi to remain, Sabatini thinks the latter will walk away after being sacked and recalled this term.

"I think there is little chance in Rossi staying," Sabatini, who is expected to work for the new Roma, told ReteRete24. "A cycle has come to the end.

Walter Sabatini has confirmed he is in negotiations to be sporting director of Thomas Di Benedetto's Roma.

“I gave Di Benedetto my availability for the role of sporting director at Roma, but have not as yet signed a contract,” he told Rete24.it.

“I just need to wait for the takeover to be completed.”

Sabatini is a well-known figure in Serie A, as he resigned from Palermo following a row with President Maurizio Zamparini, a decision that paved the way for Coach Delio Rossi's dismissal.

Sampdoria will start a new era at the club next season with the summer arrivals of boss Delio Rossi and sporting director Walter Sabatini, reports suggest.

Doria started this term in the Champions League with Domenico Di Carlo at the helm of a squad that included Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini.

However, they were quickly disposed of in Europe, their two best players left in January and Di Carlo was axed earlier this month.

The club now find themselves just three points above the relegation zone having hired Alberto Cavasin recently.

Claudio Sabatini, the owner of basketball team Virtus, is prepared to save Bologna from bankruptcy.

The 52-year-old has an appointment scheduled for today to buy 80 per cent of the crisis stricken club.

"To help Bologna ward off bankruptcy, it occurred to me that someone had to make the first move," Sabatini explained.

Maurizio Zamparini's repeated criticism of Palermo Coach Delio Rossi is what prompted the club's director of sport Walter Sabatini to hand in his resignation.

Sabatini's decision to quit the Rosanero was put down to 'strictly personal reasons' in a statement released by the club yesterday morning.

However, it appears that he had grown frustrated with Zamparini's treatment of Rossi, the man he appointed in November last year.

Walter Sabatini, the man who signed Javier Pastore and uncovered several other young stars, has resigned from his position as Palermo director of sport.

Palermo issued a statement on their official website last night confirming the surprising news.

Maurizio Zamparini has called a shareholders meeting scheduled for November 5 in order to discuss Palermo's next course of action.

Sabatini is credited with finding the likes of Simon Kjaer, Abel Hernandez and Ezequiel Munoz.