The Torres Sentinel
Squad11 Jun 2035
The knee: Manuel Bertolini out for 27 days
27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Torres lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market11 Jun 2035
Lorenzo Schietroma 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 The request is on a desk at Torres, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2035
No thanks: Youssouf Fofana rejects the move
Torres had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at AC Milan, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2035
Torres rebuffed over Leonardo Santer
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cosenza have kept their man, and Torres go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad11 Jun 2035
Tempers go at Torres
Tommaso Marchetti 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.
Squad11 Jun 2035
Words at Torres training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michele Barbella is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market11 Jun 2035
Torres promote Teodoro Castelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teodoro Castelli 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.
Market11 Jun 2035
Torres promote Sebastiano Rizzi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sebastiano Rizzi 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.
Market11 Jun 2035
Torres promote Mario Bertolini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mario Bertolini 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
- Squad A muscle injury sidelines Nicolò Caprioli for 14 days
- The dugout Ryan Wright gets it from the manager
- The dugout Andréa Le Borgne knocks on the manager’s door