and tied their new head coach down until June 2018.
Vincenzo Montella has been appointed as the new Sampdoria
head coach, succeeding Walter Zenga.
The Serie A side have completed negotiations with
Montella's former club Fiorentina, where he was still on the
payroll despite having been sacked at the end of last season.
Montella, who has also had a spell as interim boss of Roma,
guided Fiorentina to three consecutive fourth-place finishes in
Serie A during his three years in charge, as well as leading them
to a Coppa Italia final and a Europa League semi-final.
He was replaced by Paulo Sousa in the close-season after
disagreeing with Fiorentina's hierarchy over the club's future
direction.
Montella takes over from Zenga, who lasted less than half a
season at Sampdoria after replacing Sinisa Mihajlovic at the
helm.
Zenga was removed from his role on Tuesday after winning just
one of his last seven Serie A games in a start to the season that
also saw Samp suffer an embarrassing loss to Serbian side
Vojvodina in the Europa League qualifiers.
Montella, who had two spells with Sampdoria during his playing
career, has signed a contract until June 2018 after president
Massimo Ferrero revealed a deal was close earlier on Sunday.
The new coach's first game in charge will be an away game
against Udinese next Sunday and he will be unveiled to the
media on Monday.
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