The Pineto Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pineto
Filippo D'Andrea 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Luca Schirone
Still no offer on the table, and Luca Schirone’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pineto buy the years ahead of Mariano Piccini
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pineto buy the years ahead of Edoardo Cassano
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pineto sign Vincenzo Montanari, one for the future
Vincenzo Montanari is 16, and Pineto have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Pineto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrea Riva 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.
In brief
- Squad Luca Lombardi has seen what the next man earns
- Squad A season on the outside for Andrea Riva