The Arezzo Courier
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Arezzo
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.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Matteo Gilli
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market23 Aug 2027
Gerardo Barbieri steps up from the Arezzo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gerardo Barbieri has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Armando Palmieri joins the Arezzo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Armando Palmieri 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
Tommaso Vitale steps up from the Arezzo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tommaso Vitale has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
Sandro Ricci steps up from the Arezzo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sandro Ricci has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A promise the Arezzo board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
No investment in the facilities at Arezzo
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
A door opens for Luca Chierico
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- The dugout Filippo De Col knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Aleksandar Stanković finally belongs at Arezzo
- Squad Fabrício Kanté is starting to belong