The Salernitana Herald
Squad12 Aug 2030
A fracture rules Mattia Vitale out for 63 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Salernitana will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market12 Aug 2030
Luigi Gabriel Barba has said yes to Sambenedettese
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Salernitana have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad12 Aug 2030
Tempers go at Salernitana
Luca Villa 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.
Squad12 Aug 2030
The step up is real for Luigi Gabriel Barba
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad12 Aug 2030
A row about effort at Salernitana
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kees de Boer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Aug 2030
Salernitana promote Raffaele Ferrara from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raffaele Ferrara 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.
Market12 Aug 2030
Matteo Ravelli steps up from the Salernitana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matteo Ravelli 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.
Market12 Aug 2030
Gianmarco Cecconi steps up from the Salernitana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gianmarco Cecconi 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.
The dugout12 Aug 2030
No hiding place for Riccardo Palombi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Riccardo Palombi, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Nicolas Accoroni plays
- Match Salernitana in the hunt for Europe
- The dugout Riccardo Congiu knocks on the manager’s door