Alfredo Pedullà, a transfer market expert, spoke on Sportitalia about the future of Mario Gila:
“Lazio are playing an important match tonight, the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final, but that cannot justify a season poisoned by a thousand different factors. Within this context, there is a giant destined for a bright future: yet another outstanding performance from Mario Gila has not gone unnoticed. The real shame (for Lazio) is that his contract expires in just over a year, and with no room for renewal, it is only natural that his transfer value will be affected. I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: whoever signs Gila gets a bargain. AC Milan, as already revealed, have been considering him for months, and in recent days Atlético Madrid have made enquiries. If you want a strong defender, technically skilled, with great physical presence and exceptional consistency, you know where to look. And if you miss the bus, you won’t have any excuses."
"Antonio Conte is shuffling the cards as he says and as he wants, but he certainly can’t expect others to believe his stories. The club has spent heavily for him, and after the disgraceful performance against Lazio he should have done only one thing: go to the press conference and apologise. Instead, he kept trying to justify himself. The phrase ‘second place is the first of the losers’, said just minutes before the match, was a line worthy of the ultimate loser, and not in keeping with his great résumé. It would be like, in any company, a CEO downplaying an already (to put it mildly) complicated situation with improbable statements. Conte wears the badge of the league title he won on his chest, and he exaggerates the achievement of the Italian Super Cup as if it were the Champions League, sometimes, silence would have been far wiser."
