Palermo boss contemplating bringing back the coach he fired last week

After a long period of relative calm and no coaching changes, normal service has been resumed at Palermo where volatile club president Maurizio Zamparini has already contemplated bringing back the coach he fired last week. Zamparini, who has overseen 29 changes of coach in his 13 years at the helm of the Sicilian club, managed to keep Giuseppe Iachini in charge for two years until dispensing with him on November 10. However, after a chaotic few days when players have voiced support for Iachini and criticised the decision to fire him, Zamparini has said the 51-year-old could return if replacement Davide Ballardini fails to produce. "I hope that I'm not forced to call him back and that Ballardini does well, but in life you cannot exclude anything, especially knowing my past," Zamparini told Radio Due. "With Giuseppe there was no more feeling in the last few months. But, I repeat, do not rule out anything." Zamparini has also admitted that Ballardini, previously in charge in 2008/09, was not his first choice and that he had preferred former Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin. "I asked Guidolin to return, but it was not possible. I chose Ballardini because he knows the environment...