The Arezzo Courier
Squad11 Sep 2028
Davide Veroli 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 Arezzo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets11 Sep 2028
Door shut on Simone Ienco
Arezzo asked and Ospitaletto said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market11 Sep 2028
Arezzo promote Samuele Morelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuele Morelli 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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Arezzo promote Giulio Esposito from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Giulio Esposito 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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Lorenzo Zenoni steps up from the Arezzo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lorenzo Zenoni 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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Nicolò Giordano steps up from the Arezzo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicolò Giordano 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Niklas Pyyhtiä has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Arezzo will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Squad11 Sep 2028
No place for Antonio Potenza in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Arezzo are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout11 Sep 2028
Samuele Righetti gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Samuele Righetti is on it.
In brief
- The dugout Leonardo Mancuso knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead A reunion for Pietro Cianci
- The dugout Niklas Pyyhtiä has been promised minutes