Marked for Assane Diao
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Como
Luis Milla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market11 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Como have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market11 Jan 2027
Cagliari pay $110.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.95, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Mattia Caldara
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Marked 8.68 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
A masterclass from Nico Paz
Marked 8.12 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market11 Jan 2027
The Jayden Addai conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Reggiana will make the call about Jayden Addai this week. Como have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The season belongs to Luis Milla
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Como have had the benefit of it.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Assane Diao in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market4 Jan 2027
The phone has started ringing about Jayden Addai again, and this time the name on the line is Reggiana. Como are listening politely and promising nothing.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A masterclass from Nico Paz
Marked 9.12 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match2 Jan 2027
Three points for Como, 2‑1 the final word against Parma in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A performance of 8.76 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 32 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Como may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Como know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Como
Luis Milla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 156% of everything Como earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match26 Dec 2026
Como get the job done against Udinese
A 1‑0 win over Udinese, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Dec 2026
At 21, Assane Diao is already the best thing here
An average of 7.39 in a first team he is several years too young for. Como have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match19 Dec 2026
The wait goes on for Como
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Como
Lucas Da Cunha was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Milla, and the manager let it.
Match19 Dec 2026
Jacobo Ramón scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Pisa, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Shots: 13. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
One of those days for Nico Paz
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Loan watch21 Dec 2026
17 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Como can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jean Butez
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Nico Paz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Dec 2026
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.79, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.73, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Shots: 13, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Assane Diao is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.36 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Como know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Luis Milla in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match21 Nov 2026
Fiorentina left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Mattia Caldara
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Marked 8.08 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Assane Diao leaves them behind him
Shots: 12. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Squad23 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Jean Butez knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Como, and 1 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Como
Luis Milla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A performance of 9.57 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match14 Nov 2026
Como come up short against Inter
Inter left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Jean Butez gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 8.90 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Shots: 8. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Squad16 Nov 2026
One booking too many, and Luis Milla sits out. Como lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Álvaro Morata asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Assane Diao leaves them behind him
Shots: 7. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match4 Nov 2026
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Jayden Addai obliged against Union Brescia. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Como.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market9 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Como can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Luis Milla in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.62, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Álvaro Morata
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
12 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market2 Nov 2026
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Como heard it as anything else.
Squad2 Nov 2026
He is 20, he is averaging 7.02, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad2 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 176% of everything Como earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Baschirotto, and the manager let it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
The one thing Álvaro Morata could not do
Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jean Butez
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
At 21, Assane Diao is already the best thing here
An average of 7.32 in a first team he is several years too young for. Como have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Luis Milla in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.56 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Loan watch26 Oct 2026
“I watch every Como game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Pineto runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match24 Oct 2026
Como share the spoils with Torino
A 2‑2 draw with Torino leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nico Paz keeps on missing
Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Como
Nico Paz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match17 Oct 2026
Hellas Verona made Como work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.32 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jacobo Ramón, and the manager let it.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
The goals keep arriving from Iván Azón’s exile
9 goals in 9 games at Ipswich Town — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Como updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
The one thing Assane Diao could not do
Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Squad19 Oct 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Como have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
12 appearances away from home and 5 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Crisis
Market12 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Como know it.
Match10 Oct 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Marked 8.71 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
The one thing Álvaro Morata could not do
Shots: 16, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
7 goals on loan for Iván Azón
8 appearances at Ipswich Town and the goals keep coming. Como are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Como
Luis Milla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Jean Butez gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 246% of everything Como earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.56 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
One of those days for Luis Milla
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.49, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.34 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Marked 8.29 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Como have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
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Upbeat
Squad28 Sep 2026
Assane Diao is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.16 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Como know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Luis Milla in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 9.57 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match26 Sep 2026
Three points for Como, 1‑0 the final word against Cagliari in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Marked 8.47 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch28 Sep 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Como, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad14 Sep 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Como
Lucas Da Cunha was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market14 Sep 2026
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.18, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match12 Sep 2026
Three points for Como, 2‑1 the final word against Genoa in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Marked 8.93 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.35 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.32 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Baschirotto, and the manager let it.
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Upbeat
Squad7 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Como
Luis Milla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market7 Sep 2026
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Como heard it as anything else.
Match5 Sep 2026
Henrik Meister scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Juventus, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
314% of the income goes out in wages at Como
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mattia Caldara, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Marked 8.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
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Triumph
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Defensive actions: 25. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Nico Paz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 9.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match29 Aug 2026
Lecce made Como work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market31 Aug 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lucas Da Cunha signs something — a contract at Como or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Henrik Meister joins from Pisa in a deal worth $4.2M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luis Milla in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Como this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Nico Paz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nico Paz, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Pineto are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Como will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market17 Aug 2026
Como bring in an old head
Jérôme Boateng is 38 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Market17 Aug 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Assane Diao’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.