Lecce’s Austrian retreat will end tomorrow, with a friendly against Huddersfield Town before returning to Salento. The balance of the tests is overall positive; net of the first few outings, the Giallorossi beat Werder Bremen 3-0 and then lost narrowly (2-1) to the Turkish champions Galatasaray. A partly experimental Lecce, who had to make a virtue of necessity, proposing some experiments while waiting for news from the market. Several moves could arrive in the next few hours.
Marchwiński and more: what is Gotti missing?
The transfer of Filip Marchwiński, Polish attacking midfielder from the Lech Poznan school, is done. Born in 2002, the author of 8 goals in the last championship, is ready to make the big leap into Italian football. Gotti is working on the 4-2-3-1 and for several weeks Lecce has been looking for a player who can adequately assist Krstovic. Marchwiński, whose market value is between 3 and 4 million euros, is an exciting bet. The movements of Corvino and Trinchera may not stop here. Following contractual deadlines and departures, Lecce is looking for several players to shore up the squad: in the coming weeks two central defenders, a right back, a midfielder, an attacking winger and a centre forward could arrive.
Meanwhile Blin says hello.
Revolving doors. This week the transfer of Alexis Blin, Palermo’s new midfielder, was made official. The former Lecce captain was sold for 1.2 million euros plus 0.2 in bonuses. Protagonist of the promotion and double salvation in Serie A, he greeted the fans on Instagram with a long post.