{"id":491120,"date":"2026-05-15T04:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/491120\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:38:13","slug":"is-walter-de-raffaele-leaving-cantu-to-sign-with-a-team-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/491120\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Walter De Raffaele leaving Cant\u00f9 to sign with a team in Japan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pallacanestro Cant\u00f9 has lost Walter De Raffaele: the coach has exercised his option to terminate his contract with Acqua S.Bernardo without penalty, as announced by the club.<\/p>\n<p>The decision marks a new chapter for the Brianza-based club, fresh off its return to Serie A. According to Sportando, De Raffaele is expected to continue his career in Japan, in the new Premier B League launching this year, thus leaving the Cant\u00f9 bench following the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent weeks,\u201d commented President Roberto Allievi, \u201cthe club has begun planning for the 2026\u20132027 season with the goal of achieving further athletic improvement, while also working on a proposal aimed at encouraging the coach to stay. We understand, however, his decision to seize this important opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cant\u00f9 now faces a process of technical and managerial restructuring. The club will need to redefine the role of general manager and identify a new head coach to lead the team into the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>This marks a major turning point for Pallacanestro Cant\u00f9, which must quickly rebuild its organizational structure in preparation for its return to the top division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pallacanestro Cant\u00f9 has lost Walter De Raffaele: the coach has exercised his option to terminate his contract with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":491121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1453],"tags":[1756,1757,1537,90,89,245,244],"class_list":{"0":"post-491120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basket","8":"tag-basket","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-it","11":"tag-italia","12":"tag-italy","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@it\/116576747799176569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}