The Sampdoria Sentinel
Market10 Jan 2028
Karim Diop puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sampdoria, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words at Sampdoria training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mattia Viti is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings10 Jan 2028
The afternoon belonged to Víctor Narro
A mark of 7.88, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Market10 Jan 2028
Stefan Gartenmann told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Stefan Gartenmann has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Sampdoria.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Sampdoria keep their word to Nikola Sekulov
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Match8 Jan 2028
Honours even between Sampdoria and Palermo
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Carlo Evangelista has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sampdoria will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Riccardo Battaglia: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Matteo Rossetti
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matteo Rossetti, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Alessandro Di Pardo in it
- Market The Salvatore Esposito talk will not go away
- Squad “I want to play”: Carlo Di Cagno speaks