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Cacace has seen the Wrexham documentary - now he has the shirt
Liberato Cacace has watched every episode of 'Welcome to Wrexham' – now he himself will feature in the Disney+ left-back is among Wrexham's summer signings, joining from Empoli on a three-year deal as the club pepare for life in the might raise eyebrows at a player swapping Italy – even though he is leaving a club relegated from Serie A – to play in England's second for 24-year-old Cacace the move is about fulfilling an ambition and not because of what he has seen over four seasons of the documentary charting the rise of the club under the ownership of Hollywood owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Renolds."It's a great doco, and I've watched all the seasons," Cacace told BBC Sport Wales."There was interest in Italy, but for me, I'm a big football fan as well."I watch a lot of football and I've always watched English football, from the Premier League to the Championship as well so I know the level I'm heading into."It was always a big dream of mine to play in the UK."Obviously Wrexham having so much publicity in the media as well you could see what the club was like."It's a very exciting project and I'm also very excited to start the season as well." Cacace had a year left on his contract at Empoli but Wrexham are believed to have paid a significant fee for the New Zealand Cacace was in north Wales completing the deal, his new team-mates were over in his home city of Wellington on the final leg of their pre-season tour of Australia and New Phil Parkinson and club staff visited the restaurant of Cacace's Italian father and met with the family."Yeah, it was a crazy circumstance, a weird coincidence that they were over in my home country and I was here in Wrexham for the first few days," said the defender."But it was a great touch from the staff and from the manager, to go over and say hello to Mum and Dad."I think it was a really good touch from them." Cacace started for Wrexham in a friendly loss at FC Groningen last Saturday, the second of back-to-back games Parkinson's side played against the Dutch as he is called by his team-mates, has enjoyed his first few weeks at the Stok Cae Ras and is looking forward to the Championship opener at Southampton on Saturday, 9 August."I've already had chats with the players and with the manager and I think I'm settling in pretty well," Cacace added."I'm a professional person as well so I always like to keep fit."I'm going to use every day to make sure that when the ninth comes against Southampton I'll be ready to go."
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'Hopefully we look forward to a real calm time with the manager'
Regis le Bris' new contract "protects" Sunderland going forward, says former striker Marco Bris signed a new three-year deal on Monday as the Black Cats continue preparations for their return to the Premier Frenchman has been with the club just over 12 months and brought success in his first season in charge by winning the Championship play-off final and ensuring top-flight football returns to the Stadium of Light after an eight-year absence. "All positive. It has been a positive summer of transactions so it follows the trend," Gabbiadini told BBC Radio Newcastle."It protects the club. You see the likes of a Spurs or a West Ham and those sorts of clubs, if they have a slow start they are always in the hunt for any up and coming talent and he would fit that bill."So it protects the club that we have got him under contract and also rewards him I'm sure for his success with the club last season."There is still no doubt in my mind it is going to be a very difficult season and it will be interesting to see how that progresses. We see so often newly promoted teams changing their manager after a slow start to the campaign but hopefully Sunderland are a little bit more patient and little more considered in the way that we do that."Hopefully we look forward to a real calm time with the manager because we have been through a lot over the past seven or eight years."Listen to the full discussion on BBC Sounds
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Horse racing tips: ‘He has a big chance under a penalty – Templegate's big 9-2 Tuesday NAP
TEMPLEGATE'S Tuesday picks are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. HIERARCHY (3.45 Ffos Las, nap) The Osbornes got this game six-year-old back to winning ways with a battling success at Southwell last time out. He sat nicely behind the pace before coming home with a late rattle to nick the prize. He's back carrying a 5lb penalty which gives him every chance of following up under Saffie. LANGHOLM (3.00 Catterick, nb) Goes well here and dropping to this classified level can earn him another win. He was beaten less than three lengths in a fair handicap last time and a professional jockey takes over today. Has been knocking on the door over this trip. Andrew Balding's hopeful has had a nudge down the weights and looks ready to land an overdue victory on ground that suits. Templegate's tips Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. You should be aware brands pay fees to appear in the highest placements on the page. 18+. T&Cs apply. Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who:
