Tuesday September 6 2011 Palermo defend sales policy  Palermo
have insisted they sold Cesare Bovo and Mattia Cassani this
summer because the duo asked to leave.  Centre-back Bovo was
allowed to join Genoa, while Italian international right-back
Cassani opted for a switch to Fiorentina instead.  "I have
always said that the players who left the club did so at their
own request," sporting director Sean Sogliano noted.  "We
shouldn't make the departures of Bovo or Cassani bigger than
they were.  "There were some players who had given a lot to
Palermo and they needed a new challenge. This happens a lot in
football.  "Cycles start and end.  "There were some players who
felt they had more to give the club and others who believed they
had given their best.  "Players move clubs, but the shirt
remains the same for the fans."