The Alcione Milano Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Jacopo Lanzi asks to leave Alcione Milano
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Alcione Milano
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kevin Bright falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Alcione Milano promote Lorenzo Paganelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lorenzo Paganelli 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Alcione Milano promote Martino Bianchi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martino Bianchi 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Luciano Grassi steps up from the Alcione Milano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luciano Grassi 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
- Squad Tempers go at Alcione Milano
- Boardroom Alcione Milano turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Emerick Lopes back in training