The AlbinoLeffe Gazette
Squad23 Aug 2027
Alessandro Garattoni keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” AlbinoLeffe may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Daniel Mikołajewski is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at AlbinoLeffe
Simone Potop 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Gabriele Boloca has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at AlbinoLeffe
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Vincenzo Casella joins the AlbinoLeffe first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vincenzo Casella 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
Fabrizio De Santis steps up from the AlbinoLeffe academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fabrizio De Santis 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
Umberto Orlando steps up from the AlbinoLeffe academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Umberto Orlando 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: Claudio Brambilla joins the AlbinoLeffe first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Claudio Brambilla is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the AlbinoLeffe board did not keep
- Loan watch Riccardo Brighenti wants to come home
- Boardroom AlbinoLeffe turn down the training-ground plan