Press conference day at home Spezia, with the Sports Director Stefano Melissano who, after the closing of the transfer market and the comeback victory over Cesena, took stock of the situation. Starting obviously from the market: “We are negotiating two important renewals – we read on calciospezia.it -. First of all that of Bertola, because we believe in the boy and we want to give him the opportunity to play in Serie A. We have presented an important offer to him and his agent, now the ball is in their court, but I can confirm that we have been working on this renewal since last July 27th. Negotiations are also underway with Reca that could lead to a contract renewal: we must give credit to the boy for having made himself fully available to review the agreement. The player has also had requests from Serie A, but he is very attached to the city and the fans and has refused them”.
The manager then continued: “The sale of Kouda was an important operation and an opportunity, an operation that allows us a certain sustainability of the club: Serie B is not Serie A, we also need to look at the company coffers. Then there is the issue related to Beck: we are negotiating his sale, he should go on loan with an option to buy to a club in the Danish Serie B. In any case we are satisfied, because we have achieved the objectives we had set ourselves, that is to build an important team without dismantling the foundations of the one that was saved on the last day with Venezia. Seghetti? It was a possibility that opened up on the last day of the transfer market, we worked on it until 11:00 pm, but there was no technical time to bring it to fruition. Perugia immediately made themselves available: we continue to follow them”
Then he notes the injury to Sarr: “We didn’t want it, we were in the hospital last night with the player and with Professor Salini. Considering the two breaks for the national teams, Mouhamadou will miss at least eight games. Returning to the market? It’s a possibility we’re considering, but we also have faith in Gori and Mascardi, and Crespi will also be back”.
He then concludes: “First in the standings? We must not lose sight of the objectives: we are 38 points away from safety. First of all we must maintain the category and increase the sense of belonging. In Serie B there are strong teams”.