The Udinese Sentinel
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
Udinese part company with Bruno Castelli
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Market5 Jun 2028
Arsenal come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Udinese did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
Manuel Pellegrini takes charge at Udinese
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Kingsley Ehizibue: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Udinese have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Udinese
Arthur Atta 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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Matteo Palma signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matteo Palma commits to Udinese for another 5 years.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Michael Liguori
“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.
Market5 Jun 2028
Rick Karsdorp is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Udinese has been clear about where Rick Karsdorp stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market5 Jun 2028
The Arthur Atta talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Udinese know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Boardroom $24.2M taken back off the Udinese table
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Oumar Solet
- Market Luigi Caputo leaves for nothing