EXCLUSIVE! Alessandro Biello moves from CF Montreal to FC Supra

It's hard to choose the right words when you don't know who you're talking to.

When I coach, I don't talk to my 13-year-olds the way I talk to my 17-year-olds. And the parents who are reading this right now will confirm that they don't talk to their youngest.

This morning, I'm not sure whether I'm talking to the soccer fans who came to DLC because they came across an interesting post on their social networks, or to the Canadiens fans who are wondering, “Why isn't this article about the Canadiens and Kirby Dach?”

So I'd like to say hello to those less familiar with this site, while thanking the regulars who take the time to write about our Québécois soccer.

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CF Montréal is no longer alone
CF Montréal turned a corner last summer, firing Patrick Vallée and Samia Chebeir and replacing them with Alexandre Panneton and Hassoun Camara, then announcing a rebuild. All this while making efforts to get closer to the media and fans, notably by being more transparent (and less opaque).

But the reality of the Québécois winter remains: the club trained for two days in Montreal, then flew to Spain. Apart from a few posts on social networks showing the guys smiling, shaking hands, and being human, there hasn't been much information about our club for the past week. Who's healthy? Who's playing where? Who seems to have taken a hit in the offseason?

Luca Saputo's and Marco Donadel's media appearances help, but we still feel far from the club before the team's first home games.

This year, the reality will be different for CF Montreal. Rocco Placentino and his gang are now at the helm of a CPL franchise that will train and play its matches in Laval: the FC Supra du Québec.

Reminder: Supra has made it its mission to have only Québécois players on its roster. If this allows the club to win and dominate in the CPL, it could have a huge impact on Québécois soccer fans; how could we not be represented and want to get involved in such a project, if it works out on the pitch?

Historic Laval training camp
The team's training camp opens as early as tomorrow, and it will be much easier for us members of the media to get to the northern crown of Montreal than to Marbella in Spain, I'm sure you'll agree.

The Supra camp will last more than two months, as the CPL tends to launch its (summer) season in the first days of April. Reminder: MLS launches its (winter, for a few more months) season at the end of February.

Some twenty players are therefore expected to be on hand for the opening of the Supra camp tomorrow in Laval.

Here's the list of players announced as signed so far:

Goalkeepers: JoakimMilli
Defenders: Matisse Chrétien, Ismaël Yeo, Thomas Lebeuf, and KeeseanFerdinand
Midfielders: Charles Auguste, Clément Bayiha, Oussama Boughanmi, Aboubacar
Sissoko, and Wesley Wandje
Forwards/wingers: David Choinière, Omar Elkalkouli, Bakary Kaboré, Loïc Kwemi, and Sean Rea

Alessandro Biello signed by FC Supra
To this group must be added Alessandro Biello, whose signing should be announced in the next few hours, but which I have been able to confirm over the last few days. I invite you to read the tweet below to find out more about Biello and his arrival at Supra.

According to my information, Alessandro Biello has officially signed a contract with FC Supra. Biello is a central midfielder capable of playing anywhere on the defensive line.

Alessandro is, of course, the son of Mauro, who played for Supra in 1991-92… pic.twitter.com/HbBP3GujEN

– Maxime Truman (@MaximeTruman) January 20, 2026

I'm told that Montreal CF and Supra discussed a possible loan for Alessandro Biello last November, but that the Impact ultimately (simply) decided not to activate the option they had on Biello. Once free, Biello decided, on the recommendation of his agent, to join Supra with a single objective in mind: to relaunch his career. In short, everyone played fair and the kid got the chance he wanted.

In the end, Biello's addition to the Supra roster represents perhaps the best marketing and communications coup of the new franchise's first offseason. It remains to be seen whether Biello will be able to carve out a starting berth in his first year with the Supra…

Other players to join the squad
In total, we're expecting around 20 players in Laval tomorrow: all the players already signed and listed above, Matthew Catavolo, Duyaedinne Abzi (whose two-year suspension for marijuana use expires next week), Alexander Makarova, Alexandre Marcoux, and Calin Calaidjoglu, both drafted via the U-SPORTS DRAFT last month.

Other players who were still in the squad last weekend against St-Laurent are expected to join the group via trials. We'll know the final list in the next few hours.

I know that the Supra and CF Montreal have discussed possible loans, but for the moment, nothing has been concluded to that effect. Could a guy like Josh Nteziryayo, who's in Spain with CF Montreal, play his first professional season in Laval, rather than Montreal? We'll see.

I hope to learn more about the relationship between CF Montreal and the Supra tomorrow, when we speak with Rocco Placentino, Alessandro Biello, and Mateo Cabanettes after the Supra's first official practice.

Several preparatory matches and a reflection for soccer fans
From what I hear, the Supra's training camp will include several preparatory matches against teams from Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 Québec. In particular, we plan to travel to Gatineau and Rivière-des-Prairies. Could some of the players who impress in these games be invited to join the Supra for the rest of their camp? That's a possibility, I'm told.

I'm also told that the Supra should face at least one legendary American team during their camp.

Montreal soccer fans will have to make a choice this summer: spend $240 (or more) to attend all Supra games, or spend $323 (or more) to attend CF Montreal games? Let's face it, Montreal CF's aggressive strategy to get more people into Supporter sections is to be applauded, but the option of going to Laval for as little as $240 is likely to give many local soccer fans pause for thought. Many fans are waiting to find out the Supra's schedule before making their decision, to see if there will be many scheduling conflicts.

Extension

From what I hear, the Supra tried really hard to reach an agreement with Atletico Ottawa to bring Ballou Tabla back to Montreal, as well as with the Halifax Wanderers to bring Thomas Meilleur-Giguère back home. Unfortunately, the Supra was unable to reach an agreement with its two new Canadiens rivals.

I think they'll have to wait and see.