The Pergolettese Sentinel
Market27 Aug 2029
Michael De Marchi 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 Pergolettese can pretend not to have heard.
Market27 Aug 2029
Joseph Jeon agrees terms with Sampdoria
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Pergolettese people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market27 Aug 2029
Pergolettese turn down Livorno for Lorenzo Cordaro
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
The paperwork begins on Marco Bertini
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Pergolettese have done the hard part with Cesena, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
Pergolettese baulk at the price for Giulio Pellegrini
Inter wanted more than $99.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
The dugout27 Aug 2029
Pablo Diogo frozen out at Pergolettese
This is not rotation. Pablo Diogo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Pergolettese is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Pergolettese
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
Door shut on Tomi Petrovic
Pergolettese asked and Reggiana said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Pergolettese
Anders Gussiås was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Danilo Cassano joins the Pergolettese first team
- Squad A row about effort at Pergolettese
- Transfer targets A loan move for Djomar Giersthove is in the works