In
Michal Marcjanik (def)(Gdnya); Jacob Rasmussen (def)(Rosenborg); Samuel Mraz (att)(MSK Zilina); Simone Romagnoli (def)(Bologna, end of loan); Davide Zappella (def)(Cuneo, end of loan); Tommaso Fantacci (mid)(Prato, end of loan); Adan Mohamed Said (att)(Orgryte); Arnel Jakupovic (att)(Juventus, end of loan); Marcel Buchel (mid)(Hellas Verona, end of loan); Davide Bittante (def)(Carpi, end of loan); Antonino La Gumina (att)(Palermo); Joel Untersee (mid)(Juventus); Lorenzo Lollo (mid)(Carpi); Andrea Fulignati (gk)(Cesena); Matias Silvestre (def)(Sampdoria); Leonardo Capezzi (mid)(Sampdoria, on loan); Luca Antonelli (def)(Milan); Afriyie Acquah (mid)(Torino); Salih Uçan (mid)(Fenerbahce, on loan)
Out
Nikola Ninkovic (sp)(att)(Genoa, end of loan); Michele Castagnetti (r)(mid)(Spal, end of loan); Gabriel (sp)(gk)(Milan, end of loan); Sebastiano Luperto (r)(def)(Napoli, end of loan); Alfredo Donnarumma (k)(att)(Brescia); Alessandro Giacomel (gk)(Virtus Verona, on loan); Alessandro Piu (sp)(att)(Carpi, on loan); Tommaso Fantacci (mid)(Carpi, on loan); Simone Romagnoli (def)(Brescia, on loan)
Target
Empoli are candidate to relegation due to the limited Serie A experience of Andreazzoli as head coach and to a rather inexperienced, when not ageing, squad. In fact, Domenico Maietta, Manuel Pasqual and Matteo Brighi, three potential starters, are all over 36.