The Sampdoria Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
Sampdoria say no — this time
The offer from Vitesse for Gaëtan Coucke 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Thomas Clementi turns down Sampdoria
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Renate keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mattia Viti falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
SC Aubagne Air Bel tell Sampdoria: Mamadu Silla is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sampdoria promote Fabrizio Coppola from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fabrizio Coppola has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Tiziano Sartori joins the Sampdoria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tiziano Sartori is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nicola Bruno joins the Sampdoria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicola Bruno is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sampdoria
Matteo Palma 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 targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Gustavo Barros is in the works
Sampdoria have made the call to FC Villefranche. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Valerio Cinti are not good
- Squad Word from the training ground: Mattia Viti
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Lorenzo Venuti