The Crotone Gazette
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Abdou Harroui
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Crotone have done the hard part with Hellas Verona, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Crotone
Andrea Gallo 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Crotone
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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Crotone rebuffed over Luciano Gondou
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Udinese have kept their man, and Crotone go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Davide Caputo steps up from the Crotone academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Davide Caputo 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
Crotone promote Tommaso Greco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tommaso Greco 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Gabriele Santoro joins the Crotone first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriele Santoro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Crotone promote Riccardo Baraldi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Riccardo Baraldi 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Crotone training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Leo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout Zak Ruggiero asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Crotone
- The dugout Filippo Groppelli has become a man the manager trusts