The Cittadella Chronicle
Transfer targets13 Aug 2029
Cittadella baulk at the price for Jhon Lucumí
Juventus wanted more than $4.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Cittadella
Grégoire Defrel 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.
Transfer targets13 Aug 2029
Cittadella rebuffed over Andrea Carboni
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Juventus have kept their man, and Cittadella go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
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Market13 Aug 2029
Cittadella promote Alfonso Gastaldello from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alfonso Gastaldello 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Cittadella promote Carlo De Santis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlo De Santis 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Cittadella promote Franco Palumbo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Franco Palumbo 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Giulio Gatti steps up from the Cittadella academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giulio Gatti 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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A row about effort at Cittadella
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alfonso De Luca was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Márton Prettenhoffer pulls a muscle — 15 days out
- Transfer targets A loan move for Lassina Traoré is in the works
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Simone Lupo