The predestined, the promise and the bet. Here are Pietro Pellegri, Samuele Ricci and Demba Seck: the winter market of Toro enclosed in the conference room of the Grande Torino stadium. Three 2001 ready to grab the big opportunity. The striker to brush up on his talent and form after an incredible series of injuries. The former director of Empoli, just called up in Mancini’s national team, to confirm his great rise even outside the comfort zone. The third, the least known, to show that he knows how to do it even in a league never attended before.
Pellegri is aiming for Udinese to return to the field after more than two months. But his physical condition is the first doubt towards a player with a crystalline class, who is only 20 years old but also has a long collection of injuries, “Now I’m fine – assures the tip -, I’m training well and I know mine better. body. I’m also here for Juric and his working method, it also helps me to recover my physical shape. What am I looking for in Taurus? I don’t like talking about redemption, injuries are part of life as a footballer. I’m here to reconfirm my qualities. Taurus is the right choice and finding a squad full of young people helps, it is easier to integrate ”.
Ricci could also find the first few minutes in the grenade, who of the latest arrivals is the one with the most feeling with the field, having already played 21 games with Empoli. Now comes the difficult, the further step into a completely new reality. “These situations are part of the life of a footballer – says the Tuscan midfielder -, for a young man like me, getting out of comfort can help me grow. I’m finding myself very well in Turin, just take a house and everything goes back to the way it was before. And then there is Juric. His way of training will make me make the leap. And it will improve me on the gaps I have, as on the intensity and on the body. His are very hard training sessions ”.
The train is also passing through Demba Seck who two years ago was still playing in Serie D. Toro took him from Spal with an operation worth around 5 million euros. “I have seen many strong young people who have been lost in the past, but I have never seen anyone work so hard without getting anything”, the challenge of the Senegalese forward who did not think for a second to accept the Bull. His quality is dribbling – “I’m good at jumping man” – but he has to improve his aim. “In front of the goalkeeper I often miss many occasions, I have to work on it”, admits a player who, in addition to the ball, is also familiar with books. “I really like reading, not just football – he reveals -: doing it helps me a lot”.