The Sampdoria Sentinel
Market11 Sep 2028
Gregory Asemokhai asks to leave Sampdoria
“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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Lorenzo Mezzotero’s move to Pro Vercelli falls through
The deal that would have taken Lorenzo Mezzotero to Pro Vercelli has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Sampdoria with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Alessandro Di Pardo frozen out at Sampdoria
This is not rotation. Alessandro Di Pardo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Sampdoria is pretending otherwise.
Market11 Sep 2028
Matteo Piazza is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sampdoria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad11 Sep 2028
A row about effort at Sampdoria
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Salvatore Esposito was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets11 Sep 2028
Sampdoria rebuffed over Nazif Inoussa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rio Ave have kept their man, and Sampdoria go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Manuel Gasparini 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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Talks stall between Sampdoria and Mattia Viti
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Salvatore Esposito is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- Squad Salvatore Esposito has had enough of the noise
- Squad Gianpaolo Ragone stays put
- Squad Manuel Gasparini wants out of the dugout