Palermo coach Walter Zenga insists there's no reason why not to believe they can win the Scudetto this season.

"I don't like conventional wisdom, the kind that applies to an old style of football," snapped the former Catania boss.

"If you lottery scratchcard, what do you expect? The maximum prize, right? So why should I not go into the season with the same ambition?

"Palermo's objectives are the Coppa Italia and to finish as high as possible in the Serie A table. My colleagues made me proud with their comments and Jose Mourinho understood perfectly what I was trying to say."