Andrea Grammatica and Daniele Di Donato. At this moment the sporting director and the coach – waiting to be officially announced in the next few days – are the certainties from which Team Altamura restarts with a view to the 2024/25 sports season. That of the return among the professionals 27 years after the last time, the one that will start at the San Nicola di Bari, the stadium chosen for the first home matches while waiting for the restyling and adaptation work to be completed to the parameters required by the Lega Pro The next few hours will be useful to define the details of the coordinates of the summer retreat. The first phase of the Murgians’ pre-season will be hosted by the town of Alfedena (in the province of L’Aquila), in Abruzzo, in a geographical area which in a few tens of kilometers will also host three B teams such as Bari, Salernitana and Juve Stabia .
The starting point is to look at home. And in a summer that smacks of potential revolution, Team Altamura is thinking of evaluating the confirmation of four protagonists from the last championship in training camp: Giovanni Errico, Nicola Dipinto, Simone Bolognese and Salvatore Molinaro. A central defender, two midfielders and an external attacker, capable of also playing in the attacking midfield. Errico, 26 years old, is the “oldest” of the team in terms of militancy and could also represent a guarantee at locker room level. Dipinto, born in 2002, played 29 games between the regular season and the Poule Scudetto with one goal and two assists. He has already reached C with Fidelis Andria 2021/22. The identity card – he would be included in the Under list – is on his side. Bolognese played with him in the blue and white, a 25-year-old pillar of the midfield with Logoluso – another player whose confirmation is being evaluated, there is half of Serie D on him – and author of a season with 4 goals and 2 assists with 33 appearances out of 34 championship matches. Molinaro scored two goals playing only three times out of 21 as a starter but his scorecard includes Nardò’s goal at the end of February, fundamental to excluding the opponent from the promotion race. His versatility is appreciated by Di Donato.
Meanwhile, the coach will be the protagonist of a transfer meeting with sporting director Grammatica in the middle of next week. Useful appointment to also evaluate incoming names. The agenda is full of profiles and must be thinned out before delving into concrete objectives. Identikit which corresponds to Luca Fabrizi, a striker whose contract with Latina is expiring after closing the 23/24 season with 8 goals in 29 appearances, contributing to the Pontini playoff placement. Di Donato coached this 26-year-old born in L’Aquila and raised in football in Abruzzo between Teramo, Giulianova, Francavilla, Castelnuovo Vomano and Chieti. To try to bring him to Puglia, Altamura will have to guard against a lot of competition, above all that of the Audace Cerignola, but the pressure has started. For the defense they like Alessandro Minelli, a central defender born in 1999 who returned to Juventus after his experience in group A of Serie C with Pro Patria. In midfield the approval rating is high for Alessandro Mercati, born in 2002 in the last championship in Gubbio (34 appearances, 2 goals and 3 assists) owned by Sassuolo, also followed by Ternana. The sporting director is also looking at Ravenna, who has passed him by, to fish in Serie D. Two under profiles in attack are intriguing. They are Mattia Tirelli, 22 years old, who scored 13 times with 6 assists in group D of Serie D, and Antonio Sabbatani, also born in 2002, capable of scoring 10 goals in his last experience in Romagna.
