Fresh legs, new faces, low price

Due to the unfortunate foot injury Ionel Bâlea suffered on his first match with the team, and due quantity of friendly matches we are coordinating for the upcoming weeks, we've been forced to start looking for fresh legs and new faces.

We are happy to announce that we have signed two new players: Jacinto Bazzi (18) and Juan Antonio Stipanicic (19).

Both players originated their career in Uruguay. Jacinto played in 'Sociedad de Gimnasia L'venir' (League IV), and Antonio in 'elbagaso' (League VI).

Many times we heard about the good quality of Uruguayan players, and we were astonished when we found this great promises at such a low price. To be honest, I didn't believe my eyes when I checked what they were offering for both players, then I called the sales manager in Uruguay. Funny guy, when I asked his name he told me: "No te hagas drama papá, me podés decir Paco. Todo legal" ("You can call me Paco, no worries"). We arranged the transactions and contracts, and everything ran smoothly. He promised to let me know when he is visiting Europe, so we can meet, have some time to chat, Managers stuff.

Moreover, a 3rd player joined us this week: Ennio Mangano. Young italian player coming from the team 'viva io', referred to us by Ernesto Pagnocelli's father. Ennio didn't show too confident during the tests we put him through this past week, but we signed him anyway (it's difficult to say no when you have an italian guy, wearing a tuxedo, with a cigar in the mouth, and pointing you with a gun in such a classy way you're the only one to see it). Anyway, I totally agreed that Ennio is a good player and I was willing to give him a chance to see how he reacts to training in the next few weeks (See? No reason to point me with the gun. We can be reasonable and reach an agreement like business men).

Jacinto, Antonio and Ennio, welcome to the team!