“We are all happy: finally it is Serie A”. Ramzi Aya holds up the mask but from the eyes reveals the joy that is worth more than a thousand smiles. The Italian-Tunisian defender was the first to reach the Polydiagonistic Check-Up Center yesterday morning for the usual medical examinations before kicking off the 2021-2022 season. Under the gaze of the members of the medical staff Michele Cuoco and Andrea Cioffi, the first group of footballers of Salernitana recorded the appearances of the goalkeeper Antonio Russo, the defenders Aya and Gioacchino Galeotafiore, the midfielder Gaetano Vitale and the forwards Julien Kristoffersen and Giuseppe Fella. Smiles and emotions especially for the latter, a veteran of the Avellino season but with the suitcase in his hand despite the dream of imposing himself with the shirt he is a fan of. Matierno’s striker is disputed in Serie C, with a lot of brawl between Triestina and Catanzaro, yet the bomber from Salerno will try to get noticed. This morning it will be the turn of a new group, led by captain Di Tacchio, while in the next few hours the arrival in the city of the technician Fabrizio Castori is also expected. The appointment for everyone is for Sunday, a day of gathering, before taking the athletic tests of the ritual preparatory to the retreat start in Cascia scheduled for Thursday 15 July.
Gasoline to be put in the tank for the next Serie A championship, with the grenade club inserted on the homepage of the Lega website after the poisonous exclusion of the last few weeks. Market. Meanwhile, the director Fabiani is working to accelerate the market after the green light of the FIGC. At the center of the table above all the reconfirmation theme: if for the players owned by Lazio there is the block of operations also included in the “trust” but for which we hope for an exception, it tightens for the returns of Mamadou Coulibaly and Pawel Jaroszynski. The Senegalese is the number one goal for the median, with Salernitana pushing to photocopy the loan with the right of redemption in case of salvation snatched from Udinese just seven months ago. The Friulians, however, make a wall, asking for cash to say goodbye to the midfielder. Diplomacy operations are underway, with possible white smoke on the weekend. It is also for Jaroszynski: Genoa asks for one million euros for the sale of the Pole but Salernitana tries to lower the requests, thanks to the will of the outside to embrace Castori again. In the past few hours, there has also been a new pour-parler with Napoli for Gennaro Tutino: the Neapolitans would like to wait, allowing Spalletti to evaluate the player in retirement before giving the green light to the sale. Defender Luperto and midfielder Folorunsho could also be included in the axis. The market continues to be dredged, in search of solutions of caliber: Gagliolo is the dream for the back pack, with Salernitana trying to burn Sampdoria. The clashes with Benevento have slowed down the Letizia affair, with the Pole Reca from Atalanta suggestion increasingly credited on loan. In midfield, the Viola hypothesis on a free transfer takes shape hour after hour. Frattesi and Colpani are the first names on the list, while Kurtic and Zanellato are elements of experience and quantity. In attack, the utopia is Simy, impossible given the claims of Crotone. Fabiani probed Dany Mota Carvalho but Monza asks for important figures to greet the Portuguese.
Lasagna, Inglese and Cutrone the important but difficult to reach candidates. Anti Covid measures. Finally, the FIGC updated the health protocol linked to Covid-19 for the 2021-2022 season: no more rigidity, with mandatory tampons on a weekly basis only for players considered “susceptible”, or for the elements not yet vaccinated and in possession of the “green pass” or not positive results in the last six months. For the pre-season friendlies, on the other hand, quick swabs required in the two previous days only for the “susceptible” members of the team group, including referees and even opposing players. News also for the fans: in the white or yellow zone, spectators will not have to show any certificate or negative buffer to access the stadium in events with 25 per cent of the capacity or with no more than 1000 spectators.
Saturday Romeo