The Pianese Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Sorrento come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Pianese did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Theo Fortes would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Theo Fortes is living that version at Pianese, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tobias Slotsager is a medical away from Pianese
The deal with Hellas Verona is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Simone Ianesi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Simone Ianesi and Pianese agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Leonardo Di Cosmo 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 Pianese this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Emanuele Bianchi steps up from the Pianese academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Emanuele Bianchi 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.
In brief
- Market Pianese promote Danilo Monti from within
- Market Nicolò Bianchi steps up from the Pianese academy
- Squad Lautaro Taboada has outgrown this division
- The dugout Simone Ianesi knocks on the manager’s door