CROTONE – That desire to leave the last season behind and look forward. With drive, ambition and confidence. But also with criteria and awareness, without bombastic proclamations and slogans, far from it. Raffaele Vrenna sits next to Antonio Amodio introducing the new sporting director, the one who will support the general manager and the president in the new path of building the team, also announcing the imminent arrival of Emilio Longo on the bench, for which only the official announcement is missing .
“The two-year contract with the sporting director and coach signifies the desire to carry forward a wide-ranging project, starting from humility, the need to keep our feet firmly planted on the ground and sustainability. The pitfalls of a championship like Serie C are enormous, and last season demonstrated this. We start with clear ideas and the desire to carry out an important project. We want to show that we are up to the task, and we now want to look to the future. The goal is to start this season with the right spirit, to make Crotone well-liked again, to entertain and have fun.”
Next to him is Antonio Amodio, fresh from his termination with Giugliano who has embraced the rossoblù project. Young, competent and ambitious, this is precisely the identikit that is so much the case at the via Mattei club, which has identified Amodio as Di Bari’s heir, to whom general manager Vrenna addressed a greeting for the work carried out in the last season. “I am very happy to be here in Crotone and very proud that Crotone has chosen me. – said the new sporting director of the rossoblu – Raffaele and I have known each other for some time and the relationship that was created with him convinced me to come. The first thing we need to do is bring back enthusiasm among the people. As an opponent I realized exactly that. Our name is Crotone and we cannot hide, but those who love Crotone know that we cannot achieve things by force.”
Also quite clearly, Amodio confirmed the imminent arrival of Emilio Longo, who will be the next coach: “In these days we will formalize the arrival of coach Emilio Longo, as everyone knows by now. On the market, however, we still cannot give certainties. There is a good squad, very competitive. We have to evaluate a lot of things. There will certainly be an outgoing market to be created.”
