The Altamura Herald
Squad8 Jan 2029
Fabrizio Alastra stands alone
11 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Market8 Jan 2029
Marco Rossello hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Altamura can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Gabriele Parisi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Altamura may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
No thanks: Nicolò Baldo rejects the move
Altamura had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Atalanta, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Altamura
Marco Rosafio 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Altamura
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ibrahima Mbaye was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Door shut on Andrea Maran
Altamura asked and Cosenza said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match6 Jan 2029
A bad afternoon for Altamura against Cosenza
0‑1 to Cosenza, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Match8 Jan 2029
Halfway: Altamura sit in position 10
24 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.
In brief
- The dugout Gianluca Tedesco faces the questions
- Market The ambition of Peniame Drova outgrows Altamura early
- Market Altamura sign Mostafa Soliman, one for the future