by Mario Schena – L’Edicola del Sud
The anticipation grows and hopes fuel dreams of glory. Canonico once again announced that Foggia will play a top championship aiming to move up the category. Is there anything to be believed? Everyone hopes so: fans, professionals and the press. Foggia is on standby, but only officially. Domenico Roma is the new sporting director and the players’ agents are already working closely so as not to waste useful time, a fundamental element in order not to find themselves cut off from the important market. It is known that valuable pieces must be blocked, if not even contracted as of now for the construction of the new Foggia 2024/25 edition.
The agreement with Roma – It’s all done now, the former Messina player Domenico Roma should be presented to the press and fans after June 30th, when his contract with the Giallorossi club expires. Roma will have the task of forming a squad based on a mix of experience and young elements, having in the past demonstrated that they have the extraordinary ability to find and train young talents. As regards the choice of coach, obviously he will be a coach known and respected by Rome. Not having official news, we have to rely on the information from “radio tifo”, which is often misleading, but which sometimes gives the right tip. In Canonical style, every year the names of the coaches that were made at the beginning of the transfer market are almost never linked to Foggia and even in this pre-market period the coaches given close to Foggia will certainly take other paths. With the leads leading to Maiuri, Cangelosi and Caserta dissolved, the list of eligible candidates for now had stopped at three names.
The names for the bench – Francesco Modesto, in the championship just concluded on the bench of the Nerazzurri from Bergamo, finishing in fifth place and participating in the promotion play-offs. Also liked is Aimo Diana, 46 years old, from Brescia and former coach of Vicenza. Finally, Bruno Caneo, 67 years old, played at Turris last season. In the last few hours the possibility has become more than concrete that the next coach of Foggia will be Massimo Brambilla, who has been at the helm of Juventus Next Gen for the last two years. With the young Bianconeri, the coach from Vimercate, two seasons ago, reached the final of Italian Serie C Cup, eliminating Foggia in the semi-finals and in the last championship they played in the playoffs. ousted in the quarter-finals by then promoted Carrarese only after a double draw. Before Juve, he gained great experience in Atalanta’s youth team, where he enriched his palmarès with a Super Cup and an Under 17 Championship, two Scudetti and two Primavera Super Cups. Nicola Canonico will meet Brambilla in Bari mid-week and it will be better understood whether the marriage can materialize or not. Some members of the team are also in agitation. The requests are there and the club will have to try to do its utmost to retain them. Salines above all, a tireless defender, but also a goalscorer with a flair for the striker, with him captain Rizzo who is liked by Juve, Stabia and Tonin also required in Serie B, it seems there are other elements on the starting line which however could remain, it will depend on the new coach and their adaptability to the schemes that the technician will adopt. Elements like Schenetti, Odjer and Embalo would be useful, but we reiterate, we will need to understand if their use will be appreciated by the new coach. For the rest, the group appears full-bodied and already of good quality, starting with Millico and Santaniello and not neglecting the return of Beretta.
