Sanremese ready to jump with Del Piero Jr. “Chosen for its qualities, not for the surname

The adventure of a deeply renewed Sanremo area will begin on Thursday with the first workouts in Pian di Poma, with three players with a famous surname: Tobias del Piero, 18 years old, son of Alessandro, Oan Djorkaeff (son of Yuri, world champion with France) and Francesco Gattuso, cousin (second degree) of the new blue technical commissioner. Alessandro Masu has been the president of the club for five years, who played in Serie D from two consecutive decades, even if this year – inserted in group A – presumably will want to try to raise the bar.

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A wedding born thanks to the knowledge of Simone Quintieri, the new sports director of the Ligurian club, with the entourage of Del Piero. The new manager has known Tobias since he played in Spain in Getafe. So a first contact then became something more important “after our first meeting had in Turin”, says Masu, who was a great fan of Alessandro Del Piero. “For me it was an idol, but in addition to appreciating the player, I like the person. We illustrated the Sanremo project at three hundred and sixty degrees, and to bring his son Tobias into the football of the … great, Alessandro had already been evaluating the reality of Sanremo for some time, also looking for references”. And when he understood that “ours was a serious reality, there were real contacts. Because, it is clear, to bring a young man to the first team the level must necessarily be high”. And, however, President Masu is keen to reiterate it, “we do not look at the surname, but the quality of the single footballer. If this is then called Del Piero, he can only please us”.

The profiles

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Del Piero (born in 2007, 17 years old), Djorkaeff (born in 1997, 28 years old) and Gattuso (he too a 2007, 18 years old) are three different profiles, but each with his own specificity for a Serie B club: “Tobias is very young – explains Masu – but it is mandatory to have a 2007, a 2006 and a 2005 on the field. In the event of a replacement, an equal age must enter”. That’s why Del Piero and Gattuso Junior will probably have space during the season. The intersection with Djorkaeff Junior was made possible by the same Quintieri himself, who followed Lorenzo Del Piero, Tobias cousin, when they played together in Switzerland. And also on the son of the French champion (“an over”), the president of Sanremo is optimistic: “He will be able to make a difference”.

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Just deepening the question of Tobias with Del Piero Father, Masu understood that “in this operation there was nothing media, because my fear was that it could be otherwise a negative thing for the undersigned. This D company is standing with the sponsors produced by the undersigned. And among the references had by Del Piero there were the testimonies of those who in the past played in Sanremo. sponsor.