The Livorno Chronicle
Squad21 Jun 2027
Nicola Falasco damages knee ligaments — 91 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 91 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market21 Jun 2027
Riccardo Capparella agrees terms with Carrarese
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Livorno people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market21 Jun 2027
Livorno say no — this time
The offer from Mantova for Lorenzo Malagrida was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market21 Jun 2027
Lorenzo Panaioli 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 Livorno can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout21 Jun 2027
Davide Gentile: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Livorno have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market21 Jun 2027
Jacopo Marinari is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Livorno is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom21 Jun 2027
Jacopo Marinari has agreed to leave Livorno for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Livorno
Gregorio Luperini 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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Michele Agostini out for 25 days
The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Michele Agostini, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Livorno
- The dugout Jacopo Seghetti gets picked when it counts
- The dugout No hiding place for Riccardo Capparella