Mendes’ yes is missing, but there is an agreement with Modena. Then the attacks

After Boris Radunovic, Spezia is close to closing the second purchase of its winter transfer market: Pedro Mendes. The Eagle management has reached an agreement with Modena for the striker, with the loan formula with obligation to buy linked to the safety of Donadoni’s team, which hopes to have the player available for the resumption of training on January 3rd. Having closed the negotiation with the Emilian club, Spezia must now find a definitive agreement with the player, who had opened up to the possibility of leaving Modena after the arrival of Manuel De Luca, who carried out his medical examinations just yesterday.

Mendes will thus reinforce an attack that is now far too numerous. Melissano and deputy Cavola have the task of eliminating a department which, with the arrival of the Portuguese, has six offensive men, too many. Donadoni was clear a few days ago, the speed in moving in was good, but at the end of the transfer window the coach doesn’t want to be forced to train a squad extra large. And given the indications, the coach seems oriented towards playing with a maximum of two attackers at the same time.

Confirmed Gianluca Lapadulawhich despite the lack of recent playing time is considered a useful element of experience for the fight for salvation, Spezia evaluates the positions of Edoardo Soleri, Vanja Vlahovic and of that Daniele Verde just got back on the list more out of necessity than consideration. It will be necessary to sell a couple of them to give Donadoni a varied department, with different characteristics, and above all not so long as to create discontent, with Di Serio and Artistico certain of a permanence.

For Pedro Mendes it is the return to a fight for survival, as happened two years ago in Ascoli. The Portuguese, twenty-six years old, was the absolute protagonist of the Marche region’s season, with eleven goals and two assists which kept the Bianconeri alive until the end, but they were then relegated anyway. The arrival at Modena as a great coup in the last summer transfer market proved to be less effective than hoped: only five goals in twenty-six appearances, to which are added the three in the current championship, the same as the top scorers from La Spezia. Whose companion he will soon be.