The countdown has begun for the retreat scheduled in Roccaraso from July 10 to 24. With 8 days to go until the medical visits and 13 until the departure for Abruzzo, Bari is working to try to shorten the time in defining the first market operations. The goal is to try to satisfy the request made by coach Moreno Longo to be able to work in Alto Sangro with a good number of players useful to the new technical project.
Negotiations towards closure
There are 4-5 deals in the process of being finalized, which could be finalized next week, when the transfer campaign officially opens (Monday 1 July). Priority is given to the goalkeeper, a central defender and a couple of forwards. The first two profiles, barring any surprises, will fill the list of 18 over-age players. After the public clarification from the new Palermo sporting director De Sanctis, news is expected for Pigliacelli, who is effectively destined to bid farewell to the Sicilian club, with a possible destination of Bari. Also in the running is the former Micai (Cosenza), while Leali is not expected to move from Genoa. It cannot be ruled out that the red and white club could enter the race for Rinaldi, a 21-year-old owned by Parma. He is a boy with great prospects, who ended up in the circle of the Under-21 national team. The operation, in this case, could follow the one done two years ago for Caprile, now ready for the big leap to Napoli after two years spent between Bari and Empoli. The hot name for the defense remains that of Curto, 25 years old from Como, who Longo would like to bring back under his wing after having trained him in the first months of last season on the lake shore.
The unders for the attack
There is little doubt now about the double operation all ‘in the family’ with Napoli. The first to arrive in Bari will be Giuseppe Ambrosino and Lorenzo Sgarbi. The first is a central striker, 20 years old, who in the last championship of Serie B scored 3 goals in 28 games with the Catanzaro jersey. Despite the desire expressed by Vivarini to bring him with him to Frosinone, after having trained him last year in the Calabrian club, the central striker will wear the red and white. The second blue footballer headed to Puglia is Sgarbi, 23 years old, fresh from the experience with Avellino, in Serie C, where he scored 7 goals in 34 games. He is an attacking midfielder, capable of also playing the role of second striker. From Napoli could also arrive the central defender Nosa Edward Obaretin, a giant 21 year old Nigerian, last year in C with Trento, followed with great interest by the sporting director Magalini. Bari is also in the running for the playmaker Compagnon, a 22-year-old from Juventus, fresh from the B championship with Feralpisalò. The red and white club is working on a loan with an option to buy (obligation in the event of promotion). They have to overcome the resistance of the black and white club, which for the moment does not intend to sell the player permanently. Last season 29 appearances and 5 goals in Serie B for the 2001-born player. Venezia, Cremonese and Sassuolo are also on his trail. Bari is monitoring numerous emerging young players from Fiorentina. These are four former Ternana players: Favasuli, 20, left back, who drove Bari crazy in game 1 of the playout; Lucchesi, 21-year-old central defender; Amatucci, midfielder, and Distefano, second striker, both 20. Among the profiles they are interested in is also the right back Pierozzi, 22.
