Carlalberto Ludi, sports director of Comospoke to Sports Radio. His initial reflections focus on the first victory of the season for the Lariani, who won 3-2 on the pitch of Atalanta: “We were satisfied with the path taken so far, net of the 2 points the team was growing and I don’t forget that we revolutionized a squad. There are characteristics to integrate and we were doing it quickly, with a victory like in Bergamo everything becomes brighter”.
Varane has retired from football. Have you decided what path he will take?
“We will have certain discussions with the appropriate official press releases. Rapha has always been fair to us, since the injury in August we have monitored the situation, and I have made the transfer market regardless of him, to protect the team. And yesterday the announcement we were expecting arrived”.
You have focused more on names that have already been made than on those to be made.
“We are a very solid property, before being rich. Budgets are as important as football teams… As newly promoted players we paid the price, both in terms of salary and transfers, but we operated across various age groups: experienced players like Reina or Belotti, players at the peak of their careers like Mazzitelli or Dossena, but also young players with potential like Perrone or Nico Paz, who are on everyone’s lips. We were lucky enough to be able to plan the market at the right times”.
Many Spaniards agreed with Fabregas?
“Cesc is extremely important to us, we share every decision. We have a phase of recruitment very complex, we start from the data but the coach’s feed is also fundamental. For that type of football you need technical and fast players”.
The two brothers who own the property are in their eighties. What do you think about when you look to the future?
“Among our references are also the children of the owners, but above all the manager Mirwan Suwarso, every day with us and who refers to the president. This allows us a very long vision of the future, net of the age of the Hartono brothers”.
What can you tell us about the stadium?
“A complex speech, I’ll try to summarize: the company has activated a particular business model, which connects to the territory and the community. The stadium in front of Lake Como would be the squaring of the circle, the owners would like to keep the facility in its current location, working on a functional solution for everyone towards a new work”.
So what is the sporting goal?
“We have the will to always be ambitious, but I remember that 75% of the newly promoted teams return to Serie B after two years maximum. Not out of false humility, but the first objective, for this year, must be safety. And then build the foundations for the next step. But wanting to rush things would be very risky”.