At the end of the match against Modena, which closed the first half of the season, Spezia Calcio CEO Andrea Gazzoli spoke in a press conference: "Needless to get around it: we cannot be satisfied with the balance of this first half of the season, we are below the expectations we had, both from the point of view of results and performance, although in the last month something has started to change, with as many as 7 points arriving in the final, a not insignificant detail. Now we have important days of work ahead of us, the ideas are clear and we know how we have to work ahead of the start of the winter market.
The goal is to be ready from the first days, both to give the new players more time to work with the team, and also because in the last few games, between disqualifications, influences and injuries, being able to count on a few more players would have been important.
We haven't talked about numbers, but we know in which roles we will have to intervene; surely strongly motivated players will have to arrive who are already familiar with the Serie B championship, as well as those who can best match the players we already have on the roster.
Outgoing market? The players that we consider fundamental we are not willing to move them, then there will be situations also physiological, because if the discourse of motivation applies to incoming players, the same applies to outgoing ones and if we notice that someone will not have strong motivation to stay, we will make the appropriate evaluations; we expect a round of return where sacrifice and desire to fight will be needed, so we will try to make sure that the team has this soul and is ready to fight until the last day to maintain the category.
I cannot speak for the previous market sessions, not having experienced them firsthand, but I can say that the coach is completely involved and at the center of the reasoning for the market choices, clearly always respecting the roles and with the intelligence that distinguishes Coach D'Angelo; the January market is different from the summer one, it is restricted both in terms of timing and choices, so you have to know how to read it well.
At the end of the first half of the season it is normal to make evaluations a little bit about everything, and with regard to goalkeepers we believe we have two certainly strong ones, with Zoet who was able to take advantage of the opportunity and deserved reappointment.
In the January market it is not certain that only loans will arrive, operations will depend on many different factors; certainly the defensive outside back is at the center of the reasoning, although Elia has been commendable in a role that is not his after Reca's long injury, but in general we know what we need.
It is clear that the engagement of players who were with us even in Serie A have a greater specific weight than others and that certain exits could allow us to take even more category players, but we will make the appropriate choices, also because we cannot risk having a very large roster at the end of the market, but the right one to reach our goal.
The President has been here for both the matches with Ascoli and Bari, but in general the Ownership is in close contact and there are no particular stakes and for everyone the search for balance must be an objective; there is openness to do what is appropriate for the technical side, with an eye to balance as it should be, but that I repeat, must be an objective for any manager, which is to reconcile competitiveness and business balance".
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