Leonardo Semplici is “happy with the transfer activity” so far at SPAL and looking forward to tomorrow’s trip to Udinese.

It kicks off on Sunday at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

SPAL have been busy during the two-week Winter break, bringing in FK Partizan’s Everton Luiz, Thiago Cionek from Palermo, Atalanta midfielder Jasmin Kurtic, Bologna defender Marios Oikonomou and Federico Viviani from Verona.

Leonardo Semplici is “happy with the transfer activity” so far at SPAL and looking forward to tomorrow’s trip to Udinese.

It kicks off on Sunday at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

SPAL have been busy during the two-week Winter break, bringing in FK Partizan’s Everton Luiz, Thiago Cionek from Palermo, Atalanta midfielder Jasmin Kurtic, Bologna defender Marios Oikonomou and Federico Viviani from Verona.

“We begin again with enthusiasm and some new faces,” smiled the Coach in his Press conference.

“I am happy with the transfer activity, as we reinforced the squad in those areas where we were lacking.

“Above all in midfield, we now have many options. Everton Luiz is a versatile figure, while Cionek gives his best in one-on-one situations.

“Now we still need to complete the defence with a strong figure, it doesn’t matter if he is young or more experienced. I think the club is working very well with the budget at our disposal.

“Udinese are in great shape, very strong physically and good on the counter-attack. I hope to see a positive SPAL performance that never loses concentration.”

The defence certainly needs work, as the last game before the Winter break saw them lose 5-2 to Lazio.

“It was quite a strange game with many individual errors early on. We’re working on it, because it becomes really difficult if we have to always fight back from early goals.”

SPAL squad for Udinese: Gomis, Marchegiani, Meret; Cionek, Cremonesi, Felipe, Vaisanen, Vicari; Bellemo, Costa, Dramé, Grassi, Kurtic, Lazzari, Mattiello, Mora, Schiattarella, Vitale, Viviani; Antenucci, Bonazzoli, Floccari, Paloschi

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