Tabula Rasa. After having ruled out the possibility of buying Luca Ghiringhelli, Marco Bertini, Dario Sits and Tomi Petrovic well in advance, Spal also gave up the two most valuable pieces of Di Carlo’s team. The long reflection on Nicola Dalmonte has led to nothing, with the Romagna winger becoming to all intents and purposes the property of Vicenza, who can now use his card as they wish (the most probable solution is a transfer to Serie B ). What few expected was the last-minute rethinking of the position of Massimo Zilli (in the photo), for whom the white-blue club had the option of redemption and loan renewal available, with the possibility of postponing the right to redemption next year. Until Friday evening it was taken for granted that we were heading towards another temporary transfer for Zilli, who on several occasions had hinted at his liking for Spal. It’s a shame that right at the finish line banner the white-blue club interrupted the negotiations, thus renouncing the guarantee of being able to secure Zilli’s loan for another championship. It must be said that in theory Spal still has the chance to hook up the Friulian center forward, for whom however Cosenza can now also take other requests into consideration. A development so unexpected as to leave even the person concerned disoriented and frustrated, if we consider that immediately after midnight Zilli published an eloquent photo on Instagram which portrays him with his hands on his face while wearing the Spal shirt.
Tabula rasa, we said. The company’s latest moves – carried out by the general director Di Taranto at the instigation of president Tacopina – are in fact part of a precise project: to give the new sports director – most likely Alex Casella – a less crowded staff (at the moment the athletes there are many under contract) and as cheap as possible, then placing the budget to create your own technical design in the hands of the technical area manager. The problem is that Dalmonte and Zilli are not just any players, but the points of reference from which the blue and white fans and coach Di Carlo hoped to restart with momentum next season. Concern and anger are the prevailing feelings among the supporters, who now fear losing the coach who had relaunched the team at the end of the championship, laying the foundations for the following one. President Tacopina arrives today, and in the next few days he will meet the general director Di Taranto and the sporting director in pectore Casella: concrete answers are needed, because the first half of June is also gone and Spal is still stuck at the starting point.
Stefano Manfredini
