The Spezia Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
Spezia say no — this time
The offer from Genoa for Petko Hristov 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Spezia
Adam Masina and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Spezia
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Spezia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Petko Hristov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Spezia rebuffed over Assad Al Hamlawi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Universitatea Craiova have kept their man, and Spezia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Danilo Messina joins the Spezia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danilo Messina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Spezia promote Gerardo Zangari from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gerardo Zangari has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market24 Aug 2026
Spezia promote Luciano Zorzi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luciano Zorzi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
A loan move for Antonio Arena is in the works
Spezia have made the call to AS Roma. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Boardroom Spezia say no to the training-ground money
- Squad Boris Radunović still has not settled
- Squad Davide Guglielmotti has outgrown this division