[1] Spugna told the press he "needed a change of environment" when explaining his decision to join Juventus, and confirmed he turned down moves to other clubs within Italy and abroad to do so.
[2] Though Spugna never managed to win a Primavera league title with Juventus, he was credited with launching many young talents into women's senior football and accepted an offer to become the head coach of Serie A club Empoli Ladies in the summer of 2020, in time for their 2020-21 league campaign.
[3] It was widely speculated that Empoli's decision was due to Spugna reaching a pre-contract agreement to become Roma's head coach for the following season.
On 2 June 2021, Roma announced they had promoted head coach Betty Bavagnoli to a new role as their Head of Women's Sport while Alessandro Spugna was appointed the new head coach of the Roma women's team[4] On 5 July 2021, Roma announced the permanent signing of Spugna's long-term protegee Benedetta Glionna which re-united the Italian forward to train under coach Spugna at the duo's third different club together.
[5] On 16 July 2021, Roma announced the signing of Italian defender Lucia Di Guglielmo from Empoli which re-united the player with Spugna.