The Catanzaro Courier
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Luciano Del Vecchio is out at Catanzaro
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
$1.0M settles it between the clubs for Francesco Cassata
Empoli have accepted the money. What Catanzaro do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Stefano Riva steps up at Catanzaro for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market21 Aug 2028
Catanzaro say no — this time
The offer from Pro Vercelli for Edoardo Borrelli was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Sean Parker due for a Catanzaro medical
Everything agreed with Lecco, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Eray Cömert 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 Catanzaro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Aug 2028
Eyes on Antonino La Gumina again
The phone has started ringing about Antonino La Gumina again, and this time the name on the line is Campobasso. Catanzaro are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Catanzaro
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 targets21 Aug 2028
Catanzaro rebuffed over Edoardo Vergani
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bologna have kept their man, and Catanzaro go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market Catanzaro promote Tommaso Farina from within
- Market Massimo Marchetti steps up from the Catanzaro academy
- Squad Mattia De Sciglio is not the player he was