The president of Bari Luigi De Laurentiis was a guest of Telebari during the transmission TB Sports addressing various topics concerning the Apulian club starting from the excellent moment that the team is experiencing given the unbeaten streak that has reached 14 matches: “Maybe it was difficult to imagine it at the beginning of the season because when you rebuild, especially after a complicated year, it’s difficult to find the right solution straight away. When you change sporting director, coach and many players it is difficult to find immediate harmony. – continues the red and white number one – Magalini was the first piece of the restart, then came the choice of Longo, a coach who had already won in Serie B and with an important human, cultural and psychological profile who brought great experience to the group and worked on the head of every single player together with his staff. In the last few days we have been repaid for some points left by the wayside, for some refereeing mistakes, and now the ranking reflects the quality of the work which has been grounded to this day.”
A mention of the market is inevitable: “We’re trying to understand what might actually go wrongmany players have not yet expressed their potential and we want to be good at understanding what to do. We have a compact group that is emerging, the boys communicate on the pitch.”
Finally, a look at the promotion objective and the possible consequences: “To those who have doubts or suspicions, I’ll just say that we are fourth. Every year we invest to try to get as high as possible, then a black year can happen as happened in Serie C too. Qhen you declare that you are aiming for the play offs it means that once you reach them anything can happen, even going to Serie A. The first year we almost made it, we were promoted until a few seconds from the end. – continues De Laurentiis – If we were to get there we would have 10 days to see this team, perhaps sell out and it seems like a big, huge risk to me even if I don’t think we worry about this because every year we invest our own money, not financed by anyone , we pay off the debts at the end of the year because this team, this company must be healthy, and we also try to be competitive. Bari held hostage? If there had been a queue of Arabs, Americans or Russians, if there had been billionaires sent away after knocking on Bari’s door, then I would have been able to understand the criticism, but that wasn’t the case. If there is ever an important reality that wants to join us to reach Serie A together, we are open to dialogue”.