The Südtirol Post
Market12 Jul 2027
Hamza El Kaouakibi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Südtirol, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Door shut on Salvatore Longo
Südtirol asked and Monopoli said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Südtirol bid $250.0K for Matteo Ghisolfi
The offer went to Potenza this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Thomas Callejas gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Thomas Callejas has just signed for Südtirol, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Words at Südtirol training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrea Giorgini 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
Home is on Hamza El Kaouakibi's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Südtirol are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Südtirol
Marco Iuliano 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Südtirol buy the years ahead of Gustav Snitt
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market12 Jul 2027
A long bet from Südtirol on Aleksander Piasecki
He is 20, and nobody at Südtirol signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Südtirol buy the years ahead of Madi Gary
- The dugout Alessio Cragno has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Simone Davi knocks on the manager's door