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
Jean Galindo arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Jean Galindo has, at Pianese, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pianese rebuffed over Richie Sagrado
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Venezia have kept their man, and Pianese go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nicolò Schiavone steps up from the Pianese academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicolò Schiavone 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Cesare Lombardo joins the Pianese first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cesare Lombardo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ignazio Piccini steps up from the Pianese academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignazio Piccini 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Leonardo Bellini gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Transfer targets Pianese ask about Giuseppe Ciocci
- Transfer targets Pianese ask about Antonio Prisco
- Squad Marco Rossello is a square peg at Pianese