Latina put down its eleventh piece of the jigsaw: the Belgian outside hitter Bram Van den Dries. The 20-year-old played in Antwerp last season as he finished fifth scorer of the league with 395 points, of which 32 blocks and 26 aces. He stood out at the European Championships Cadet in 2007, helping Belgium to its first ever medal: the bronze.

“We believe we’ve put together a good team even though the main aim will be to stay up” explained chairman Gianrio Favilene.