The Giana Erminio Herald
The terraces23 Aug 2027
Supporters organise against the Giana Erminio board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jacopo Nelli puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Giana Erminio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Francesco Di Bartolo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Giana Erminio have done the hard part with Palermo, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Abdellah Ouazane turns down Giana Erminio
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Ajax keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Giana Erminio
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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Giana Erminio rebuffed over Kevin Martins
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Monza have kept their man, and Giana Erminio go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Giana Erminio promote Andrea Esposito from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andrea Esposito 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Leandro Damico joins the Giana Erminio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leandro Damico is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Giana Erminio promote Gregorio Caputo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gregorio Caputo 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.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Giana Erminio
- The dugout Vincenzo Vitale knocks on the manager's door
- Squad The penny has dropped for Andrea Michieletto