The Pieta Hotspurs Herald
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Pieta Hotspurs rebuffed over Cláudio Murici
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Tarxien Rainbows have kept their man, and Pieta Hotspurs go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Bio 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Pieta Hotspurs
Felippe Santana 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Andre Pisani stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andre Pisani and Pieta Hotspurs agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
A reunion for Gabriel Mannino
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Mtarfa in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Andre Pisani asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Looking ahead Pieta Hotspurs host Mtarfa
- Market Malcolm Gatt goes looking for football