At Virtus Imola all has been quiet for over a month. After the defeat in the derby against Andrea Costa, almost nothing happened other than the farewell of Mauro Zappi (who then found a new job as coach at Olimpia Castello, tomorrow there will be the official presentation). Under the ashes, however, there is something that is burning and will soon bring some news. In the first instance the change of corporate structure, in February the CEO of Agrimola Luca Sassi had taken 39.7% of the shares, now Sassi himself has reached an agreement for the sale of his shares with the financial promoter Luca Marchetti .
The latter was already manager of the V giallonera and also of Imolese calcio. However, the current shareholders have the right of pre-emption and it cannot be ruled out that the president Davide Fiumi, his brother Alessandro, Corrado Passera, Stefano Loreti may decide to take over Sassi’s shares by June 17th. An unexpected change of scenery, a sort of bolt from the blue that somewhat disrupted the plans of the yellow and black club.
There could be some news as early as next week and it will be understood whether Luca Marchetti will actually return to the yellow and black court or whether Sassi’s shares will be divided among the members of the current structure.
Every scenario is possible.
In the meantime, we need to think about the future, the helm of the team will be in the hands of coach Gianluigi Galetti, as soon as the coach can be announced, the strategies regarding the 2024/2025 roster will also be clearer.
Alongside Galetti there will be Aki Zarifi as deputy, someone who already knows the environment in these latitudes having played there, while in more recent times he has also led Virtus from the bench.
Many of the protagonists of the last yellow and black season will say goodbye to the company, we will focus on elements who already have great experience in the category. Dario Masciarelli, Luca Valentini, Marco Barattini and Daniele Ohenhen should remain, but he has many requests.
Evaluations are also underway on the other elements of the squad, Gianmarco Fiusco already has a contract, having just returned from knee surgery.
Returning to the technical staff, the coach Giorgio Devetag has already greeted the company: “I was not confirmed – Devetag says with some regret – despite the improvement work on the younger players and the first team players. I thank the Virtus Imola club for the opportunities that were given to me and which I fully respected.”
