“I would like to point out that the equation “the more you spend, the more you win” does not apply to football. Just think of Carrarese, who last year obtained promotion to Serie B without spending significant amounts. Mantova and Juve Stabia also did not have high costs to go up to Serie B”. The president of ADICOSP Alfonso Morrone he comments thus a few days before the end of the summer transfer market to the microphones of Tuttoc.com explaining who, in Serie C, in his opinion has strengthened the most: “In any case, in the transfer market and reading the squads I can name Catania, Avellino, Trapani, Ascoli, Pescara and Padua as queens. Then I will be systematically denied by the surprises that in Serie C are always around the corner and at the beginning of this championship Renate and Picerno are the worthy representatives”.
Who, on the other hand, came out of it weakened?
“It’s hard to say who has weakened because in the summer you always work to strengthen the pre-existing squad. The pitch will be the supreme judge to establish who has weakened and who has worked well. At the end of the season the sentences are the promotions and relegations that no longer leave room for appeal”.
How did this summer transfer market go overall?
“At a national level, with 825 million, we are second in terms of transfer costs only to the Premier League, which reached 1.69 billion euros. This means that in Serie A, many investments have been made, especially by Juventus, Milan and Roma. Inter moved intelligently, fishing among the free agents and changing little, also because the team was already strong before. In Serie C, it was the usual market with big movements of young players for the medium-sized clubs and with purchases of important players for the big clubs”.
For the second consecutive year the transfer market also took place in Rome
“This Roman session was also a huge success in terms of attendance with over a thousand visitors. We had important guests who participated in panels where important topics were discussed, not just football-related ones. Now the appointment is for the closing of the winter session in February. Closing at midnight? It’s not the first time it closed so late. However, seeing so many people at the Hilton waiting for the door to close for us at Adicosp was exciting. I have to thank Rai News 24 and Rai Sport for the total television coverage of the two days of the Calciomercato”.