The Palermo Courier
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Gabriel Strefezza
Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match20 Jan 2027
Palermo through in the cup
A 1‑0 win over Torino, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market25 Jan 2027
Jesse Joronen asks to leave Palermo
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mattia Perin 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 Palermo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match23 Jan 2027
Palermo are at home on the road
3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Alessio Sorrentino joins the Palermo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alessio Sorrentino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Alfonso Giordano steps up from the Palermo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alfonso Giordano has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market25 Jan 2027
Palermo promote Claudio Borghi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Claudio Borghi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Palermo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jacopo Segre 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.
In brief
- Squad Niccolò Pierozzi signs on for more
- Player ratings Stavros Gavriel stands above it all
- Squad Emmanuel Gyasi knocks on the manager’s door