Amelia headed to Lecce

[SueB]

There had been many rumors as to where highly-rated Italian U-21 keeper Marco Amelia would be playing this season after he starred at Livorno this past year. After links to Milan, Lazio, Parma, etc, he's ended up at Lecce. I guess those clubs were just using him as leverage while negotiating with the players they REALLY wanted. Anyway, hopefully he'll do well in Serie A. He'll probably get a lot of work (assuming he starts for them).

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jul11i.html

Also in the article news that another U-21 player has made the move from Serie B to one of the smaller Serie A clubs - midfielder Paolo Zanetti has moved from Vicenza to Empoli.

[phillips10]

adding Amelia is great for Lecce....they now have 2 young players I'm anxious to watch in the fall...including striker Chevanton that Roma is reportedly looking at...