The Perugia Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Davide Riccardi 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 The request is on a desk at Perugia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Daniele Ghilardi
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Perugia have done the hard part with AS Roma, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy graduates step up at Perugia
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Fiorentina tell Perugia: Viery is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market24 Aug 2026
Perugia promote Andrea Greco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrea 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Leonardo Morelli steps up from the Perugia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Morelli 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Perugia promote Diego Gallo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Gallo 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Perugia lose Nicholas Belloni
47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Perugia try to borrow David Aubert
RC Strasbourg have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Squad Francesco Lisi falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Perugia turn down the training-ground plan
- Looking ahead Luca Bacchin faces his old club