The Lecce Sentinel
Match22 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Lecce
A 0‑3 beating by Fiorentina was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad24 Aug 2026
37 days out for Ismaël Dabo after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Lecce will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Lecce baulk at the price for Lewis Ferguson
Bologna wanted more than $10.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Wladimiro Falcone
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Salernitana come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Lecce did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Lecce
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Lecce training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonino Gallo 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Yoann Court in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lecce this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Wladimiro Falcone gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market Lecce promote Carlo D'Angelo from within
- Market Claudio Bonetti steps up from the Lecce academy
- Market Renato Gastaldello steps up from the Lecce academy