The Perugia Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Noah Lewis puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Perugia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Perugia
Alessandro Ahmetaj 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 Perugia
5 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
Words at Perugia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Riccardo Ladinetti is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alessio Baldi joins the Perugia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alessio Baldi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Riccardo Borghi steps up from the Perugia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Riccardo Borghi 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.
In brief
- Market Perugia promote Valerio Neri from within
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Perugia
- Squad A season on the outside for Rodrigo Trejo
- Squad Linas Megelaitis is not doing himself any favours