The Perugia Chronicle
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Fee done, terms next for Alessandro Arioli
Perugia and Cosenza have settled on $450.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Gabriel Guri will not be coming to Perugia
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Sassuolo is saying, and nobody at Perugia is enjoying the guessing.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Christian Langella signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Christian Langella commits to Perugia for another 3 years.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Luigi Canotto in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Perugia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Perugia rebuffed over Rafik Belghali
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hellas Verona have kept their man, and Perugia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Words at Perugia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Linas Megelaitis 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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Perugia lose Omar Bellali
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market12 Jul 2027
Perugia and Linas Megelaitis are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Christian Langella asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Luca Bacchin has become a man the manager trusts
- Market The Matteo Angeli story refuses to die
- Market The clock does Paolo Bartolomei’s negotiating for him