Denis Şandro

Striker - Sassuolo U20
1 Jan 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Denis Şandro

4 Edition

The Sassuolo Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Niccolò Canzian

30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sassuolo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Denis Şandro puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sassuolo, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Sassuolo turn down CSM Slatina for Denis Şandro

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Kristian Thorstvedt ran the middle of the pitch — 7.88

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 13 combined actions and a mark of 7.88, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

Transfer targets

Sassuolo rebuffed over Gustavo Barros

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FC Villefranche have kept their man, and Sassuolo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

AC Milan take the points off Sassuolo

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

No hiding place for Kieron Bowie

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kieron Bowie, and the manager let it.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Davide Locatelli to a room that had heard them before.

Market

Carrarese expected to open talks for Filippo Romagna

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Sassuolo will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Sassuolo Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Matteo Cancellieri due for a Sassuolo medical

Everything agreed with Lazio, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Gianluca Scamacca

Sassuolo asked and Atalanta said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Sassuolo say no — this time

The offer from Lazio for Arijanet Murić was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Not going: Luca Lipani stays at Sassuolo

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Yverdon had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market

Arijanet Murić wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Sassuolo hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Arijanet Murić signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Arijanet Murić and Sassuolo agree another 5 years.

Market

The clock runs on Armand Laurienté's contract

48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Words exchanged at Sassuolo

Denis Şandro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Sassuolo ask about Niccolò Pisilli

A loan enquiry to AS Roma: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

  • Squad Too much change too quickly at Sassuolo
  • The dugout Jay Idzes knocks on the manager’s door
  • The dugout Fali Candé gets it from the manager