The Crotone Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Crotone turn down Bra for Diego Russo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Crotone
Matteo Maggio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Viery
Crotone asked and Fiorentina 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
Giovanni Martini steps up from the Crotone academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giovanni Martini 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
Mauro Guidi steps up from the Crotone academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mauro Guidi 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
Crotone promote Gregorio Spinelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gregorio Spinelli 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Crotone try to borrow Oliver Provstgaard
Lazio have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Crotone ask about Diego Mascardi
A loan enquiry to Spezia: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Marco Zunno knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marco Zunno trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Gregorio Tanco has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Andrea Rispoli has started doing his badges
- Squad The training reports on Andrea Buonaccorsi are not good