The Floriana Chronicle
Squad28 Aug 2028
45 days out for Guilherme Cioletti after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Floriana will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Bruno Moura damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Kenan Dervišagić frozen out at Floriana
This is not rotation. Kenan Dervišagić has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Floriana is pretending otherwise.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Dorant Ahmetaj: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Floriana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Diamanka Senghor will not be coming to Floriana
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Mosta is saying, and nobody at Floriana is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Diamanka Senghor is a medical away from Floriana
The deal with Mosta is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market28 Aug 2028
Gabriel Turnes has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Floriana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Floriana
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.
Match26 Aug 2028
Gzira United take the points off Floriana
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Squad Gonzalo Gamarra falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Tempers go at Floriana
- Market One of our own: Ivan Pace joins the Floriana first team