The Empoli Post
Market12 Jul 2027
Gerard Yepes has said yes to Casertana
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Empoli have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Walid Cheddira is a medical away from Empoli
The deal with Avellino is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Empoli agree $4.0M for Elia Caprile
The clubs have shaken hands with Cagliari; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market12 Jul 2027
Lorenzo Ignacchiti moves on
Sassuolo pay $9.0M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Samuele Perisan: 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.” Empoli have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Jul 2027
Tiszakécske come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Empoli did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Too dear: Empoli walk away from Kacper Sezonienko
$1.5M was the most the club would pay and Hellas Verona were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market12 Jul 2027
Empoli sell Nicolas Haas for $2.1M
Nicolas Haas has left for Bologna in a $2.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Empoli
Matías Vargas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Semuel Pizzignacco
- Squad Lorenzo Tosto signs a new deal
- The dugout Joseph Ceesay knocks on the manager’s door