The Sassuolo Herald
Match10 May 2036
No end in sight to Sassuolo's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sassuolo has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout12 May 2036
Daniele Simoni: 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.” Sassuolo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 May 2036
Cody Dost has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sassuolo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 May 2036
A falling-out at Sassuolo
Noah Darvich and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 May 2036
Patrick Nuamah falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match10 May 2036
Fiorentina take the points off Sassuolo
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout12 May 2036
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.
Squad12 May 2036
Jegors Olijars wants out of the spotlight
The ambition story running the other way, and the one nobody tells: a footballer asking for a smaller stage, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is very rarely reported as anything else.
Market12 May 2036
Still no ink between Sassuolo and Kieron Bowie
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sassuolo, another week without a signature from Kieron Bowie.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Mattia Damiani
- The dugout Tomáš Bobček has become a man the manager trusts
- Player ratings Patrick Nuamah was unplayable