The Potenza Chronicle
Market1 Feb 2027
Antonino De Marco agrees terms with Pisa
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Potenza people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market1 Feb 2027
Manuele Castorani hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Potenza can pretend not to have heard.
Match30 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for Potenza
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Potenza are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Potenza close the window on a squad of their own making
4 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market1 Feb 2027
Eyes on Gabriele Selleri again
The phone has started ringing about Gabriele Selleri again, and this time the name on the line is Pisa. Potenza are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Door shut on Abdou Harroui
Potenza asked and Hellas Verona said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market1 Feb 2027
Simone Bartoli steps up from the Potenza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simone Bartoli 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 dugout1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Pablo Miño
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match30 Jan 2027
Potenza come up short against Audace Cerignola
Audace Cerignola left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad Home is on Tobías Córdoba's mind
- The dugout Stefano Sartori: “No excuses”
- Squad A falling-out at Potenza