Serie C | After a pause for reflection that lasted a few weeks this morning, in the Press Room of the Ezio Scida Municipal Stadium, the club Crotone she returned to speak at the press conference called by the president Gianni Vrenna. Many points were covered: from the future of the club to the new team that will be set up, passing through the name of the new coach and the new sporting director.
“Like every year I represent Crotone Calcio – he declared -, perhaps we have been on the run lately and I apologize for this but everything is due to other problems. I am here to start again, it is my duty to inform you that together with my son Raffaele Vrenna we will start again with a new project. Unfortunately it is not easy to win, football is not an exact law. We will start again with a young coach and above all on a young team. We will have to get to grips with the outgoing market and we will start from there. Last year we came second, going out in the first round of the Playoffs, this year we expected something more by making the Playoffs but still going out in the first round. However, all this has given the club some foundations given the young people present in the squad. One of these is Vinicius, we will start from these without worrying about victory but with interesting young people.”
The president clarifies about the new coach.
“We think we can present the coach next week, as well as a new Sports Director. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Giuseppe Di Bari who unfortunately has had a series of important health problems this year and in some phases and situations his figure has passed away. We decided together to end the relationship and I wanted to thank him. It shouldn’t be a worry to win the championship at all costs.”
The players who will make up the squad will be a mix of young and old.
“You can’t have a tournament with just young people. It will be a mix with experienced people. We will try to play with important and interesting young people, then the new Sporting Director will look for other young people. Many players with important names have made their journey here in Crotone and we will have to start again with solid foundations. The work done by Raffaele, my son, has allowed us to have players like Gomez and Tumminello, a young man like Vinicius and many others. We have an important basis for this company. Many criticize, talking about the lack of victory, but there is a basis on which to start again and this is a fundamental thing. It’s still early to talk about the transfer market, it starts in July. When important offers arrive for our attackers too, we will take everything into consideration. Our solidity lies in the fact that we have owned players who have a transfer market.”
On the hypothesis of leaving the company, the ideas are clear.
“I have no presumption, if there is someone who thinks they can do better and wants to take over the company I am always willing to sit down and talk about it. Our will? At the moment it has become difficult to find young and important footballers, the good ones compared to the Florenzi and Bernardeschi of the past who earned little, now we are faced with different realities where even young people earn enough. Perhaps we had forgotten the meaning of the Lega Pro, now we are actually going to places where it is difficult to play football. Young players can also be found in categories other than Serie A.”
In recent days the names of Longo as coach and Amodio as sporting director have emergedor.
“We are evaluating a series of profiles – relaunches the president -, we will see how to decide next week. We will need a Sports Director who does scouting but above all who puts his face into it.”
