Farioli admits using creativity to fill gaps in the winter transfer window | OneFootball

He admitted that it will not be possible to strengthen all positions in the winter transfer market, so inventiveness will be necessary. In the striker position, and without ruling out the possibility of signing someone, the creative solution could be to use Rodrigo Mora as a forward or second striker. “When I talk about creativity, I also mean the fact that the players we have can play in more than one position. We have a specialist in that, Pablo Rosario, who is very versatile. But he’s not the only one. There’s also Kiwior, who can play as a left-back and who played as a central midfielder in Italy. Having intelligent, flexible players to cover different demands and bring different characteristics gives a different flavor. Playing with Mora as a number 9, or as a false nine… we played like that against Red Star for a few minutes, and he did well. Of course, it’s different from Samu, Deniz Gul, and Luuk de Jong, but it can give us different characteristics. We lose something, but we can gain something. It’s a scenario. We’ll have time to talk about the market. We are working hard, always aligned with the club and the president, looking at what we need and what we might be able to get. We can’t cover all the needs, but the club is making an effort to make the team stronger and more competitive until the end of the season.”

He stated that the training camp at the start of the year will be useful to integrate new players. Could creativity in recruitment already have practical repercussions at that time? “The market is what it is, sometimes everything is ready and a paper that arrives late changes everything. We are working and preparing things as best as possible to be ready for January 1st. But our focus is tomorrow’s game, we’re going to play against a team that’s doing well, that changed coach and had a strong impact. One of the best teams in terms of offensive creation and that will require attention and concentration. Against Tondela, the same players didn’t do the job they had to do and in the second half, in five minutes, they changed the dynamics of the game. We can’t control the results 100%, but we can control the attitude and that has to be the same as in the second half against Tondela. We have to have the right ambition to play a good game at Dragão. And I’ll leave a final message to the fans: there are still tickets, I know it’s a Monday, it’s not easy for families, but we all know how important it is to have the stadium full, supporting us. It’s a key game for our path in the league.”

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