The Südtirol Post
Squad12 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Fabian Tait out for 116 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Südtirol will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market12 Jul 2027
Only the photograph left for Hamza El Kaouakibi
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Hamza El Kaouakibi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Südtirol the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Südtirol
Mandela Keita 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Simone Tronchin wants more than Südtirol are offering
“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.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Bologna tell Südtirol: Antonio Raimondo 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Lukas Kostner pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Südtirol try to borrow Francesco Di Mariano
Padova have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market12 Jul 2027
Südtirol buy the years ahead of Sarp Kaçar
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Gabriele Platto 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.
In brief
- The dugout Karim Zedadka asks for a word with the manager
- Market No place for Daniele Borra in the plan
- Squad The formation has left James McFarland behind