“We are far from the Scudetto”, Spalletti ‘stings’ Juve and hopes for Vlahovic’s return

“Our squad needs to be strengthened and strengthened and, in some cases, completed. We all know it. We have to do deep workwhat can put us in difficulty are the timing linked to the World Cup. When the championship starts there is little time to work, it would be important to have the players as soon as possible. There are objective difficulties that all teams have. Everyone must leave, except those who have done something, including us. We are at the cooling break of the transfer market, there is still a bit to do and there is still some time. We are all very organised, convinced and coordinated on the road ahead and the things to do.”

Door press by Dusan Vlahovic. “I did what I’m responsible for, the technical evaluations. Then there’s an economic aspect that isn’t my responsibility. I haven’t spoken to Dusan since the end of the championship, but the boy knows what I think. Our directors have always the doors open of their offices: to enter just ring the intercom”. The coach from Certaldo also talks about the new signings Zeki Celik and Jeff Ekhator. “Celik is a footballer with a warrior’s character, certainly reliable. Taking him was a good idea from Juventus, he won’t have any problems fitting in because he is an expert footballer, a very good boy who everyone knows. Ekhator has important potential, which the club and the directors were good at bringing home because he has the qualities of a complete striker. At his age, time is needed, he must grow calmly. He has excellent characteristics, but he must make a progress towards completion. He is very stimulated, in these first days he has stayed beyond training and his eyes shine.”

Good news on the front of the injured excellent Kenan Yildiz and Khephren Thuram. “We have a top-level staff, from every point of view. We await Kenan with open arms, because he is important to us. According to the speeches made and the thoughts we have, Yildiz will return and will be in a position to return to the group immediately. He needed some rest. Thuram must follow this path of differentiated work, at the moment he is finding improvements on his difficulty which kept him stuck at the end of the championship last season.”

Finally, Spalletti has nice words for CEO Giovanni Carnevali and director Ricky Massara. “I have always had a good relationship with all the managers with whom I have worked in my career. With some I have had different points of view, but with the club I talk about players, not managers and directors. With me the club talks about players, not directors. When you enter the race you don’t have much time to establish relationships off the pitch, you have less time for getting to know each other off the pitch. With Modesto we were always together, we had dinner together. Comolli often came to the pitch. With Carnevali and Massara we know each other good. I’ve already worked with Massara and I know his quality; I’ve never worked with Carnevali, but our history speaks for them, we need to complete those pieces to have a strong squad, with aspirations that can determine a lot in terms of our quality of football and team in the next championship.”