The Padova Post
Market23 Aug 2027
Padova sign Daniele Sorrentino for $870.0K
The paperwork is done: Daniele Sorrentino joins from Torres in a deal worth $870.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Padova
Marco Pompetti 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Simone Colombi comes home
The shirt still fits. Simone Colombi is back at Padova, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Padova baulk at the price for Francesco Marone
Pineto wanted more than $65.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Padova
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jarno Slootweg wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Padova can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Sassuolo tell Padova: Gioele Zacchi 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.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Gabriele Artistico
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriele Artistico, and the manager let it.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Simone Rocca joins the Padova first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simone Rocca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Teodoro Catalano joins the Padova first team
- Squad Zé Hugo signs on for more
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Padova