Now, when he speaks, Valerio Antonini it’s no longer surprising. Hunger, desire, ambition, self-esteem at the highest levels. Increased, even more, after the record championship won with his Trapani. The President of the Sicilian team, in an interview with trapanigranata.it, reiterated his desire to immediately win the Serie C tournament, a feat that no one has ever achieved in the first year, since the new formula has existed. And this year’s Catania teaches.
Antonini, however, doesn’t think about it, and also announces important news regarding the new stadium. “This victory almost seems to have been written by me. I told my parents that we would win the championship undefeated, with the record in points and winning it on April 7th. It truly seems like a script for a magnificent film, made possible by the unity of purpose of everyone who participated in the writing of this extraordinary script. I believe that 94 points are the result of something unrepeatable. I didn’t believe this was possible, considering that this represents my first year as president, in a reality I didn’t know.”
“We will have a very strong team, finishing second will be a defeat”
Then the projection to next year. “A challenging season awaits us, because we will play against historic clubs, who want to go to Serie B like us. Here, however, I have a coach who will become one of the best on the national scene and who has a great desire to grow. We are choosing important players. We are waiting for the regulations to formalize them. We will have a very strong team, which will immediately aim to win with a significant budget. I’m not afraid of anyone. They will all be a little scared of having a team and a cohesive environment like this against them. I assure you that playing here will create a pain in anyone’s head. They will be much more worried than us.”. Then the catchphrase: “Coming second will be a defeat. I’m sure we’ll have a great championship. We will aim straight for Serie B.”
Registration for the championship
“We have already done everything. We are registered in Serie C on Wednesday. The guarantees are made, because the guys received the salary like clockwork. We paid everyone and everything. We have already received the guarantee needed for registration and we have the field in order. We are registered in Serie C in record time. This gives an idea of our organization. The public official has already certified the players’ releases, which are needed for registration.”
No General Director: “it’s no use, I’m the DG”
The DG of Trapani is always Valerio Antonini. The President does not want figures of this type. “I’m the general manager. He is not a useful figure. There will be no grafts in this sense. General managers are there to lose money. I treat the players together with the sporting director, who is very well prepared. There are therefore no strange commissions and various games. The message is aimed at those who try to associate their name with Trapani. The sporting director is Andrea Mussi. The general director is Valerio Antonini. The president is Valerio Antonini. Anyone who comes to negotiate with Trapani knows very well that they are dealing only and exclusively with me on the basis of the instructions given to me by the coach and the sporting director. You can’t change a winning team.”
News about the stadium
Finally the announcements on the provincial stadium. “We already have all the estimates. We will make an emergency commission in the next few days. We will move the guest sector where the advertising signs are now located next to the steps. We will have a south curve with 2400 seats entirely intended for the people of Trapani. We will expand the north curve to 2100 seats. With these changes the stadium will have 11,046 seats available from the next championship. I will do everything to fill the stadium and to make the fans understand that staying at home is harmful to the club and the team.”
“Within six months we will complete the feasibility studies to evaluate a expansion of the Provincial stadium to 21 thousand seats, or, alternatively, a relocation to a different area to build a new structure. The stadium alone as it is means nothing. With the management costs that a series C and series B company has, a stage like this doesn’t get you anywhere. The stadium must be a gathering place and have events parallel to sport, with a hotel, shopping center and restaurants. This must serve to create those 30/40 million euros of net revenues per year, which can bring Trapani to Serie A, to stay there and not immediately return to Serie B because you don’t have the resources. We must create those financial resources so that Trapani can remain in Serie A like Sassuolo, Atalanta and Udinese did. I want the stadium ready by January 2027. I have a large investment fund that will support my project. I want to create something even when Valerio Antonini is no longer president of Trapani.”
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