Exactly as had happened for the signatures of the transfer of ownership, it was Francesco Cannizzaro who announced Claudio Lotito’s first press conference in Reggio Calabria. The highly anticipated event is scheduled for Monday at 7pm at the Granillo stadium. The event, with entry from the West Stand, will also be open to fans.
“Habemus Rhegium” the mayor wrote on social media on June 26, publishing a photo of himself with Antonino Ballarino and the new owner of the Amaranth club. «Together with Claudio Lotito – he said yesterday in an Instagram story – we will present the new era of Reggina. Now Reggio, now Reggina.” In both cases he also anticipated any communications from the club. An evolution that everyone reads as they prefer: the mayor’s supporters appreciate the direct commitment to Reggina and there are also those who are not very happy in tracing the political matrix in football. The fact is, however, that soon we will start talking about football and only the results will count. The fact that a newly elected mayor, even with a high percentage, continues to expose himself can also be read as a guarantee.
There is obviously great curiosity to hear Lotito’s words for the first time since the Reggina chapter opened. Everyone is waiting for an answer on the long-term projects and in particular what the plan is in case the Amaranth club were to achieve promotion. With the current rules it would be impossible to maintain ownership of the Strait and Lazio company.
The city, after waiting a long time and probably too long, deserves to know every detail. Although some moves had already been “anticipated”. Meanwhile with the choice of Giancarlo Romairone as sporting director and that of Marco Marchionni as coach. The first market movements emerge, such as the almost definitive operation that should bring the right back Edoardo De Mori on loan from Novara. This is a class of 2007 who already has two D championships behind him. However, the time for the big names will soon arrive, because Reggina will set up an important squad for the category.