The Lecco Courier
Squad21 Aug 2028
105 days out for Matteo Battistini after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Lecco will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market21 Aug 2028
Andrea Riva asks to leave Lecco
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Nikola Iliev turns down Lecco
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Ludogorets keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
6 academy graduates step up at Lecco
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.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Ludogorets tell Lecco: Pedro Naressi is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market21 Aug 2028
Lecco promote Tiziano Grassi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tiziano Grassi 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Leandro Casella joins the Lecco first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leandro Casella is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
Jacopo Iannuzzi steps up from the Lecco academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jacopo Iannuzzi 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
A promise the Lecco 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Lecco ask about Tobias Slotsager
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Lecco
- The dugout Anas Alaoui knocks on the manager’s door