Monza added a third foreign spiker to its roster follwoing the extension of Rooney and the signing of Nikic. It landed indeed Todor Aleksiev. The 28-year-old Bulgarian, who is currently in the Word League with his national team, had already played in Italy in 2007-08 with Corigliano.

“I am happy to play for such an important club – said Aleksiev – I can’t wait to start the new season”.