Morrison and Lombardo spent 18 months together at Selhurst Park between 1997 and 1999, including a spell where the Italian was player-manager.

Having Mancini, Evani and Lombardo back at the club had been the dream of Gianluca Vialli, who had tried to lead a conglomerate to purchase Sampdoria before ill health and his death in January 2023.

Sampdoria legends are flocking back to save the club, with Roberto Mancini as director, Alberico Evani as coach and Attilio Lombardo as assistant manager, fulfilling Gianluca Vialli’s dream.The ...

Whether you know him as “Popeye”, “The Ostrich” or, most likely, “The Bald Eagle”, when one player accumulates as many nicknames as Attilio Lombardo, they must be doing something right. On this day 26 ...