The Avellino Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
A move Francesco Nicastro would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Francesco Nicastro is living that version at Avellino, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Armando Izzo pulls a muscle — 17 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 17 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Avellino
Armando Izzo 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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Avellino
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Lorenco Šimić falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Avellino promote Andrea Agostini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrea Agostini 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.
In brief
- Market Sebastiano Leone steps up from the Avellino academy
- Market Avellino promote Gianmarco Rossetti from within
- Boardroom Avellino turn down the training-ground plan
- Market Experience through the door at Avellino