The Catania Sentinel
Squad12 Jul 2027
102 days out for Salvatore Caturano after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Catania will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market12 Jul 2027
Alessandro Quaini 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 The request is on a desk at Catania, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market12 Jul 2027
Salvatore Aloi has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Catania they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Giuseppe Coppola due for a Catania medical
Everything agreed with Picerno, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Andrea Dini signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andrea Dini and Catania agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Door shut on Thomas Vettorel
Catania asked and Lecco said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Giacomo Paciotti gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Giacomo Paciotti has just signed for Catania, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Catania
Francesco Di Tacchio 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Catania promote Daniele Spinelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniele Spinelli 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
- Market Antonio Rizzo steps up from the Catania academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Filipe Quintas
- The dugout Salvatore Caturano asks for a word with the manager