The Crotone Gazette
Squad2 Aug 2027
Crotone lose Arturo Calabresi
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Crotone
Arturo Calabresi 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Crotone training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Andreoni 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Sergio Lombardo joins the Crotone first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Lombardo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
Bruno Piazza steps up from the Crotone academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bruno Piazza 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Crotone promote Valentino De Angelis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentino De Angelis 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.
In brief
- Market Crotone promote Francesco Fortunato from within
- Squad Marco Zunno gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Crotone release $3.4M for the manager
- Boardroom The Crotone production line keeps running