Andrea Catellani, after an excellent job with the youth sector, will have the responsibility of setting up the new yellow and blue team which, as president Rivetti himself has made official, will still be led by Pierpaolo Bisoli. For me it’s a great opportunity, I feel excited, enthusiastic, it’s part of my character – Catellani said –
When they approached me with the idea of doing this role I didn’t think about it for a second – goes on the new director – because I think I have every chance here to do my best as a professional also due to the human level of the people who work in what is now my second home. I had already had a similar proposal elsewhere, but I didn’t feel ready, in this case it was different“.
Catellani he also focuses on the relationship with the coach who will still be Pierpaolo Bisoli. “When we talked about this possibility, we immediately agreed with the owners on the fact that Bisoli is the right person for this historical period of Modena, there was never any other idea other than Bisoli, other names had come up, but there was no truth to it. We have already started planning what will be next season, there is a great natural feeling between us, we are agreeing on many things and we have clear ideas in our heads. An important thing for a sporting director is to know with certainty the ingredients that a coach needs. If we are able to create that magic, that cohesion between all the components, it will then become difficult to come and play in Modena against Modena. Mister Bisoli is a person who adapts very well to what he has, he is not someone who demands and this is important for my work. As I said, we have clear ideas on where to intervene, wingers at the back, attackers, something behind the center too. We will have to be good at bringing in four or five important players and two or three players who provide freshness. I think we can have a very interesting team, then we’ll see what the pitch says“.
We also talk of objectives, but above all keeping our feet on the ground. “We all know Serie B well by now, which will be of an even higher level next year. The objective must first of all be to consolidate the category as soon as possible, when we have reached this goal I am sure that we have an ownership that will not hold back. However, nothing should be put before suffering and humility, I say let’s get salvation as soon as possible and then let’s try to go and find what we all dream of. We will have to have a team that fights, that keeps us entertained, which doesn’t mean playing champagne football, but also playing tough, physical, spirited and fighting matches.“.
The presentation of Andrea Catellani as the new sporting director was also an opportunity to speak with the Gialloblu president Carlo Rivetti who, before even starting, wanted to make a “thanks to Davide Vaira who brought results, promotion, cup and tenth place for two seasons. We thought – he said Rivets – that a cycle had ended and we want to start a new one with a person who enjoys my deep respect for what he has done in his life and in the first year of managing our youth teams which I consider fundamental for the future of the club. At the end of the season we found ourselves with Vaira and, in absolute family harmony, we made the decision to terminate the relationship in an unequivocal manner. With Catellani then, after a calm and quick discussion, we all agreed to confirm Mister Bisoli as head of the team for next year“.
Carlo Rivetti, pressed on the speech sports Center (which is progressing without problems, as Matteo Rivetti said), spoke about an important new project being worked on, that of the guesthouse, in the former CSI building, “which we are working on and which is a very important factor. We then invested in fields in Saliceta. I am very happy to have the guesthouse in the city center, the alternative was at the sports center but we were strongly advised against this, because young people need to be given the opportunity to integrate with the city both as players and as human beings“.
He was also there at the press conference to present Andrea Catellani Matteo Rivetti which illustrated the situation of the Nonantola sports center and other interesting things. “On the sports center the bureaucratic process is progressing without problems, once the services conference has received our additions it has until July 21st to give a positive opinion on the project. At that point it will take 30 days for the council to ratify and we will be good to go. We hope to be able to start soon. Then in Saliceta – continues Matteo Rivetti – two fields have been redone, one for nine and one for five, and now in June work will begin here on the boarding school, with around twenty beds for the young players, a fundamental project for us to create the foundations of an important youth sector“.
Matteo Rivetti also then focused on the situation of the yellow-blue squad: “When I gave the team roster to Andrea he told me that there is no fixed situation and it won’t be difficult to manage the situation. There certainly won’t be any revolutions, we’re talking about six or seven additions and we are very confident. Santoro will certainly be redeemed – he confirmed Matteo Rivetti– this season we had the tenth budget of the B series and it will not be lowered. There are teams that spend 20 million and even more and for us it is too much, we have seen teams get into difficulty with similar expenses. A budget between 10 and 12 million is sustainable for us now“.
