The Pontedera Courier
Squad14 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Joseph Jeon at Pontedera
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Joseph Jeon is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Umberto Saracco 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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Hadi Haruna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Pontedera this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A late step up for Riccardo Ladinetti
At 27 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market14 Aug 2028
The Umberto Saracco question follows Pontedera around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Umberto Saracco’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market14 Aug 2028
Pontedera bring in Elyh Harrison on loan
A season-long audition: Málaga still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Pontedera's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
In brief
- Market Elis Palaj leaves for nothing
- Market Luca Maccheroni leaves for nothing