What will Genoa 2024-2025 be like? The first names emerge to strengthen the squad, with an eye also on exits: discover all the possible moves
It was an absolutely positive season for the Genoa, who as newly promoted finished in 11th place in the standings with a very calm survival and good football expressed throughout the championship. The rossoblu had finished in second place the previous year in Serie B behind Frosinone, who were instead relegated on the last day.
The Ligurians’ result was, therefore, even more surprising for what was seen on the pitch, thanks to the excellent work done on the transfer market in the summer and by Alberto Gilardino at the helm of the team. The absolute explosion of some talent like Dragusin (then sold at a high price to the Premier League) e Gudmundssonfurther favored the outcome of the season.
For the column of Calciomercato.itAfter Inter, Milan, Juventus, Atalanta, Bologna, Rome, Lazio, Naples, Florentine, Turin And Monza we therefore decided to also analyze the Genoa 2024-2025with possible purchases and possible farewells from the squad.
The coach
As always, let’s start with the figure of the coach. The Genoa it is one of the very few Serie A teams that has kept its coach on the bench, resisting the flattery. Alberto GilardinoIn fact, he will also lead the rossoblu next season, hoping to confirm the excellent performance of the recently concluded year.
The budget
Last year the Genoa spent around 35 million of euros in the summer market and will hardly deviate from these figures in the summer. Much, obviously, will also depend on the possible releases, especially those of the top players who are so popular around Italy and Europe.
The future rose
The Genoa this season he has often taken to the pitch alternating a 3-4-2-1 with a 3-5-2 with a 3-5-1-1 with Martinez; DeWinter, Bani, Vasquez; Sabelli, Badelji, Frendrup, Thorsby, Spence; Gudmundsson and Retegui. Among the various most used players also Vogliacco, Messias, Martin, Malinovskyi, Vitinha and Ekuban.
Of the starters, none of their contracts are expiring, but 8 million will have to be paid for the obligation to buy DeWinter and 4 million for that of Thorsby. While among the benchers Ekuban he has an agreement with the club which will end on June 30th. The positions of Spence And Vitinha. In fact, the first has a right of redemption set at 10 million euros, the second even at 25. These are two of the hottest situations in the rossoblu house and on which the club will have to make important assessments. However, the farewell on a free transfer is safe Strootman.
However, there will be more than a dozen returns from various loans, but none of very high value. The most profitable in the event of a sale could be those of Hefti, Jagiello, Aramu and Yeboah. And outgoing? That is certainly the main focus today at Genoa. The hottest name is obviously that of Albert Gudmundssonalready placed next to‘Inter and for which the rossoblu ask for no less than 30 million euros. Also to be monitored Retegui, which Napoli likes, as well as Fiorentina, but which already seems more solid in Liguria. Also Martinez he risks leaving the club, but at the moment there has not yet been any concrete approach.
Incoming, in addition to the aforementioned situations related to Spence And Vitinha, which would lead to over 35 million euros to be invested, there are two names that are circulating at the moment. The first is that of Thorsvedt, who will leave Sassuolo after relegation. The one in absolute pole, however, is that of Eduard Spertsyan24 year old attacking midfielder of Krasnodar, a Russian club with which he has played since 2018 and with which he has collected 87 appearances and 29 goals. This is one of the players that Genoa has been monitoring for months to strengthen the team for next season. He mainly acts as an attacking midfielder or in the attacking midfield, as a classic number 10, but can also act in a three-man attack as a left or right winger. The player has a market value of around 20 million (Genoa hopes to snatch him for 12) and also plays in the senior Armenian national team, where he has collected 27 appearances and 4 goals. He could be the one after Gudmundsson for Gilardino.
