Nix Transfer Speculation 2019-20

Il talentino del #Renate Reno #Piscopo (classe1998 scuola Inter) vola in Australia e firma un triennale con il #WellingtonPhoenixFc. #calciomercato

— Nicolò Schira (@NicoSchira) August 17, 2019

An old, but interesting article about the kid.

 https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/new-aussie-striker-in...

great find mate, took us long enough. Gun signing

Love that contract length. Bags of potential, and means that if he has a really good season this year or next we either have him for a further third season or sell him and get a fee. Coming from Serie C too i doubt he will be on big coin. Really good business

Reno is definitely on the way to Wellington going by his recent Instagram story showing him on the flight with ticket. 

https://www.instagram.com/renopiscopo_

Great news. I've really been happy with our recruitment so far; only thing we're missing is another striker and *maybe* another local RB.

Are there any compelling RB candidates locally? Even including Aussies seems like the pool is pretty light. We don't really have any good cover in the squad and with Fenton's record we'll probably need some. Seems like the weakest position in squad squad at the moment.

Lol, I don't believe it

definitely fine with that, puts more pressure on him though

first time we have brought a player?

Clearly believe we will be here long time as a club and a move I'm sure with a view to on selling later all things going well.

Squad us beginning tO shape up nicely.

NZ striker / right midfield Mohammed Awad currently playing for Melbourne Knights.

Hamilton raised; Ole Academy as teenager.

Came through the US university system (five years there).

I thought he looked good playing for Eastern Suburbs last NZ summer.

Attracting a bit of attention in Oz:

https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/reds-alert-new-zealand-attacker-eyes-ffa-cup-upset-527576

Worth a look at considering he counts as a local?

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mohammed-awad/profil/spieler/205506

Is he a striker or another winger?

Winger or occasionally 10

He's not good enough.

.@TheRealBozza was impressed by @MelbKnights' Kiwi MF/FW Mohammed Awad in the #FFACup last night.

On Fox: “Very, very tidy player. Very, very impressed. We always are searching for a new Kamsoba [Melbourne Victory winger Elvis] in this competition and for me, he was excellent."

— Andrew Voerman (@andrewvoerman) August 8, 2019

Piscopo takes the position that we would have considered Awad for, so there is no chance. Our targets should be a couple of strikers from now on & if a RB comes up, maybe one of those.

Transfer news: Ex-Inter Milan Aussie signs for A-League club https://t.co/A8hz4CRT12 #football #FTBL #ALeague pic.twitter.com/8goX8IrORG

— FTBL (@FTBLcomau) August 18, 2019

I'm sure they'll do a Burnzie with him, turn Piscopo from a winger into a striker, or 10 with Ball and McCowatt in front of him.

As for right-back, what ever happened to Brock Messenger, thought he was handy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cxQ770iDzw

Will Piscopo be playing in the WeeNix first?>

Went from Canterbury United to FF Jaro in Finland for one season in 2017.

Then at Eastern Suburbs in Handa Premiership 2017-18

Brisbane Strikers 2018 in Queensland NPL.

Spent the whole of last ISP Handa Premiership injured back at Canterbury United.

Transfer fee confirmed

Sounds like Livorno were also very interested, but were mucking around too much, so Renate looked further afield and us throwing the E100k made the difference.

Also, we can just go outside the cap by 100k and designate one player as a marquee as we've done in the past. For us the cap isn't the issue as much as the budget, there's plenty of exceptions that we don't exploit as much as the big city teams.

Yeah the salary cap is a myth. 

Demonstrates commitment by the ownership to invest further and meaningfully in players now their place is secure in the league. I'm very happy.

Also the $$ from Singh will help.

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/115099353/wellington-phoenix-swoop-for-exciting-australian-youngster-reno-piscopo

"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die..."

Hopefully Reno shoots back.

if you believe we paid a  200k transfer fee you will believe a lot

Wording around this fee has been quite deliberate, I think. My guess is that it's highly unlikely that we've paid 100k euros up front for him. But, I could believe that we've perhaps paid 50k euros now, followed by another chunk or two over the length of the contract. Plus, it's possible the 100k euros number includes an assumed on-sell fee, should that materialise.

It's not quite as unbelievable as Auckland getting its act together again and supporting a new A-league franchise anyway! ;)

Adelaide have paid similar this off-season; it's not outside the realms of possibility.

On SST tonight, we'll catch up with highly rated new @WgtnPhoenixFC signing Reno Piscopo, who has spent most part of the last decade plying his trade in Italy. Thanks to our sponsor @MATECommunicate Cc @nzherald @pineyzb @YellowFever_NZ #SST

— Soccer Stoppage Time (@SocStoppageTime) August 19, 2019

When they upload their show, I'll post a link.

Heard Reno talking on the Soccer Stoppage Time show and he confirmed he arrives in Wellington on Wednesday. Also confirmed a transfer fee was paid for him. Super exciting news and huge for the Nix to have made this deal

Then has to be a boom or the club will never pay a transfer fee again when their first attempt was a bust

Not sure that's right. Nix's owners have a level of certainty now that they've never had before. Owners have had plenty of shark investments in their time - that's part of the game in having some good ones that work out.