The Carpi Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Federico Serra 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. Federico Serra is living that version at Carpi, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vicenza come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Carpi did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Filippo Nardi rejects the move
Carpi had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Benevento, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Davide Zagnoni in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Carpi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rodrick Tcheuna signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rodrick Tcheuna commits to Carpi for another 5 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Stefan Gartenmann
Carpi asked and Sampdoria 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
One of our own: Renato Medici joins the Carpi first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Renato Medici 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
Massimo Tedesco steps up from the Carpi academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Massimo Tedesco 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: Samuele Colombo joins the Carpi first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuele Colombo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Federico Serra is a square peg at Carpi
- Transfer targets A loan move for Sergio Kalaj is in the works
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Filippo Puletto