The Pro Patria Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Federico Gentile out for 44 days
44 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Pro Patria lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pro Patria
Tommy Maistrello 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cesare Pogliano stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cesare Pogliano and Pro Patria agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Alessandro Renzi
Pro Patria asked and Arezzo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sergio Catalano steps up from the Pro Patria academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Catalano 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gennaro Troisi steps up from the Pro Patria academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gennaro Troisi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Federico Toscano joins the Pro Patria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Federico Toscano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pro Patria promote Daniele Canali from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniele Canali 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Zinedin Smajlović is in the works
Pro Patria have made the call to Olympiacos. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- The dugout Alessandro Orfei knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Tommy Maistrello has seen what the next man earns