After months of waiting, the closing has finally arrived. Today begins the Joe Tacopina era in Ferrara. After 8 years and a centered promotion in the top flight, the Colombarini family has defined the sale of the company to the Italian-American lawyer. In the morning the legal process was completed in Ferrara at the Leoni notary office in via Palestro: Joe Tacopina is now the new president of Spal.

After his experiences in Rome, Bologna and Venice, the New York entrepreneur kicks off his new adventure in Italian football - together with a consortium of American entrepreneurs, with the declared aim of bringing the club back to Serie A. Expected in the afternoon Tacopina press conference.