It is two days before Palermo welcome Spezia to Stadio Renzo Barbera in Serie B and fresh suits embossed with the club's logo are being unloaded from a van outside the stadium.
FourFourTwo are going for a typically Italian lunch at 'BarBera', located beneath the main stand, which becomes our hub for the weekend. The order is taken out of FFT's hands - it is, of course, espressos all round. On a television screen inside, the club's kit launch for the 2025/26 season titled, 'The Birth of a Palermo Fan', plays on a loop. A more accurate title would probably be 'The Vivid Conception of a Palermo Fan'.
As the eagle flies, BarBera is approximately 60 metres from the stadium's main entrance, an iron gate with pink graffiti reading 'Siamo Aquile' on its exterior, and tantalisingly close to the pitch, upon which World Cup winner Filippo Inzaghi is drilling his players. In two days, 25,000 supporters will file through adjacent turnstiles and witness Palermo FC history.
