The transfer market session is about to open and the Messina continues with the policy of small steps. After registration in Serie C and confirmation Giacomo Modica as coach, the Giallorossi club still has to untie several knots in view of next season. The owner Pietro Sciotto, struggling with some health problems, will return to work in the next few days, knowing that he will have to resolve several issues. Beyond the search for a general director and a sporting director (taking for granted the farewell of Domenico Rome), there is also a team that practically needs to be re-founded.
Indeed, as we mentioned previouslyI’m barely there 5 players under contract. All the other members of the group from the brilliant season just gone are either out of contract or at the end of their loan. But, in terms of renewals, the confirmation of Giacomo Modica it can be an added factor for the transfer market Messina.
Messina transfer market, important “Modica factor” for renewals: who can stay
Marco Manetta, Giuseppe Salvo, Giulio Frisenna, Domenico Franco and Michele Emmausso: these are the 5 players still tied by a contract with Messina for next season. Five absolutely central pillars in the game of Giacomo Modica in the 2023-24 season and that the coach will be back (barring surprises) again next year. But it is certainly a number that is far too small to think of as a team in the broadest sense of the word. This is why the first step for the new sporting director will be to test the waters with the players whose contracts are expiring, to understand who is still willing to continue.
The transfer market, as we know, has particular dynamics, but the Messina the confirmation of the Mazarese coach can still weigh as a guarantee for the players who want to stay. Primarily, Damiano Lia and Lino Ortisiwho have built a strong bond with over time Giacomo Modica. He has known the first for years and returned to Sicily to return to work with his mentor. The second, however, has become a cornerstone of the Peloritani, transformed by the coach into an increasingly reliable and decisive left-back. And then there are the senators on the team, like Ermanno Fumagalli And Nino Ragusaor important players for the group such as Federico Pacciardi, Vincenzo Polito, Francesco Giunta, Vincenzo Plescia. All people very close to Messina and who could be fundamental in order not to lose the backbone built last year by Modica himself.
It would be more difficult to attempt to confirm the players arriving on loan, as Daniel Dumbravanu, Marco Rosafio and Marco Zunno. But the elements from which to start again would be there and they could still be willing to believe in Modica and Messina. But to make this happen we will have to proceed quickly even on thorny issues.
From the management to the field, passing through the retreat: we need to accelerate
The days pass inexorably and Messina does not yet have all the pieces needed to plan next season. Both on the general director front (with Saverio Provenzano on pole) than on that of the sports director (Umberto Calaiò, Agatino Chiavaro or Maurizio Pellegrino) the names are wasted. But it is clear that without these figures it will be difficult to carry out all the other practices.
The location of the next summer training camp has yet to be confirmed, although an option could be taken advantage of San Giovanni in Fiore (which welcomed the Giallorossi in 2023). Then there are agreements to be made both on the youth sector and on the training field (the possibility of going to Saint Lucia of the Mela). Without forgetting the agreements to be found on the use of the Franco Scoglio stadiuma source of friction between the municipality, the club and Mr. Modica in the past season.
Will the policy of small steps be abandoned and will there be an acceleration or will we continue at this pace? The next few weeks could provide a litmus test of the situation at home Messina.
