The Perugia Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Nicholas Belloni damages knee ligaments — 18 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 18 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Perugia rebuffed over Sadik Fofana
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Lecce have kept their man, and Perugia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Leonardo Vinti out for 47 days
The medical room confirms 47 days on the sidelines for Leonardo Vinti, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Alexis Kalogeropoulos is in the works
Perugia have made the call to Olympiacos. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Perugia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Stramaccioni 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luca Bacchin has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Perugia that is a harder question to answer.
In brief
- Market Perugia put Francesco Pio Attanasio up for sale
- Market Joselito goes out on loan to play