Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 19 ga Disamba 2011 ya yarda ya koma Palermo, ya maye gurbin Devis Mangia a matsayin babban kocin kungiyar Serie A daga Sicily. A wasansa na farko da yake kula da kulob din, ya samu nasarar cin kwallo 2-2 a kan Novara, wanda ya biyo bayan shan kashi 1-3 a hannun Napoli. Bayan farawa mai ban takaici, sakamakon ya inganta a watan Janairu kuma godiya ga sayen hunturu kamar Emiliano Viviano, Franco Vázquez da Massimo Donati (wanda shine kyaftin din kungiyar a lokacin da ya gabata a Bari), wanda ya haifar da jerin nasara hudu a gida da kuma wasa 4 × 4 a San Siro a kan Inter wanda ya dawo da Palermo cikin gwagwarmaya don UEFA Europa League. Palermo ya gama a 16th a cikin kakar 2011/12
kuma an sake shi watanni shida bayan ya zama babban koci.