The Udinese Sentinel
Market27 Sep 2027
Only the photograph left for Dimitris Sounas
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Dimitris Sounas will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Udinese the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The terraces27 Sep 2027
The crowd has taken to Saba Goglichidze
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Mac Learned wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Udinese know it.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Udinese
Patrick Visintini was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Saba Goglichidze takes the honours
Marked 7.22 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Udinese had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
The form table has caught Kingsley Ehizibue
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
Half-satisfied: Fabrizio Troisi on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Iker Bravo has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Udinese will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
No hiding place for Dimitris Sounas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dimitris Sounas, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Iliman N'Diaye linked with a move away
- Match Udinese and Napoli cancel each other out
- The dugout Damián Pizarro knocks on the manager’s door