The Spezia Gazette
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Spezia rebuffed over Leandro Andrade
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Polissia have kept their man, and Spezia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Matteo Scanzi is a Spezia player
The fee is $370.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Lumezzane drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Spezia
Kaleb Jimenez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Spezia supporters have found a favourite in Kaleb Jimenez
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Kaleb Jimenez has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match29 Aug 2026
Szymon Żurkowski the difference as Spezia beat Latina
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Szymon Żurkowski. 1‑0 against Latina, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Szymon Żurkowski was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.00. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Spezia
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Kaleb Jimenez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Nicola Costa: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.
In brief
- The dugout Mert Durmush dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Matteo Scanzi has outgrown this division
- Squad Oumar Camara Sinaba, 19, gets his chance