The Lecco Courier
Market23 Aug 2027
Terms done: Thomas Vettorel is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Union Brescia waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Lecco is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market23 Aug 2027
Antonio Metlika puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Lecco, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Lecco
Antonio Metlika 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Lecco
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market23 Aug 2027
Simone Silvestri steps up from the Lecco academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simone Silvestri 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Federico Graziani steps up from the Lecco academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Federico Graziani 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
No investment in the facilities at Lecco
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Thomas Vettorel has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Thomas Vettorel has written the date down.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Giuseppe Battimelli knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lecco, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Stefano Bonaiti
- Squad Antonio Metlika is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Tommaso Mancioppi is out on the grass again