CF Montreal Confirm Italian Signing

Gabriele Corbo (left) gets to grips with Spal’s Simone Missiroli while playing in Serie B for Ascoli last December.CF Montreal today confirmed the signing of its second player from Bologna in less than a week.

6ft 1in, 21 year-old right-sided defender Gabriele Corbo formally arrives after already spending some time acclimatizing to his new surroundings and team-mates in Montreal.

It’s a one-year loan deal for the Italian, the first to join Montreal since Matteo Mancosu came on board over 5 years ago. Ironically Corbo faced Mancosu while playing on a season-long loan for Ascoli v Virtus Entella in a Serie B game in November 2020 (Mancosu scored, Corbo was red carded, the game ended 1-1 and the…