Absolutely huge. A kiwi in SERIE A!!!
Marchizza has done his knee sadly (Roman boy, was in our youth set up for years) so Libby has a golden chance to make the starting spot his own. My opinion is that Libby couldn't have chosen any better if he tried: Empoli is a small enough city that the pressure on the players isn't huge. They have a track record of developing youth and their coach, Aurelio Andreazzoli, was an Assistant Coach for many years before getting the top job (at Roma, IIRC) and taking the plunge to become a head coach. He knows a lot about tactics, training and how to get the best out of his players. Also Empoli, whilst certainly not playing for Europe or anything, are not really struggling this season compared to many other teams and should fairly easily stay up. If Libby can crack the match day squad, and perform well for the rest of the season, the Sky really could be the limit!
Competent LBs are a commodity in Italian football of late so he could be in high demand.
So happy to have another kiwi (and one close to my heart as I've known his dad for many years and even coaches against Libby while he was a wee lad in the Federation Talent Center) to follow in Italy!
Marchizza has done his knee sadly (Roman boy, was in our youth set up for years) so Libby has a golden chance to make the starting spot his own. My opinion is that Libby couldn't have chosen any better if he tried: Empoli is a small enough city that the pressure on the players isn't huge. They have a track record of developing youth and their coach, Aurelio Andreazzoli, was an Assistant Coach for many years before getting the top job (at Roma, IIRC) and taking the plunge to become a head coach. He knows a lot about tactics, training and how to get the best out of his players. Also Empoli, whilst certainly not playing for Europe or anything, are not really struggling this season compared to many other teams and should fairly easily stay up. If Libby can crack the match day squad, and perform well for the rest of the season, the Sky really could be the limit!
Competent LBs are a commodity in Italian football of late so he could be in high demand.
So happy to have another kiwi (and one close to my heart as I've known his dad for many years and even coaches against Libby while he was a wee lad in the Federation Talent Center) to follow in Italy!