Jay Idzes

Central Defender - Sassuolo
11 Oct 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Jay Idzes

7 Edition

The Sassuolo Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

4 matches without a win for Sassuolo

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Sassuolo are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Cristian Volpato runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Real improvement from Rareş Coman at Sassuolo

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Rareş Coman is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Jay Idzes 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 Sassuolo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Arijanet Murić

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arijanet Murić, and the manager let it.

Match

Napoli take the points off Sassuolo

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Words at Sassuolo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tarik Muharemović 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.

Loan watch

Sonosi Daldum counts the days

“I watch every Sassuolo game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Lazio runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Market

Paulo Roberto brings the grey hairs Sassuolo lacked

At 39, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Sassuolo Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A brace, and Andrea Pinamonti takes the afternoon — 8.44

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Andrea Pinamonti provided it, and the 8.44 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Sassuolo get their man

The chase for Nicolas Galazzi ended with $3.1M changing hands and Monza out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

Tempers go at Sassuolo

Jay Idzes 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.

Squad

Tarik Muharemović falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Domenico Berardi

“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.

Match

No time for AC Milan to settle

The goal that put AC Milan ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Sassuolo equalised, 3 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.

Player ratings

Nemanja Matić never got going

3.04 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Squad

Arijanet Murić is still paying for one afternoon at Sassuolo

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Match

Honours even between Sassuolo and AC Milan

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

2 Edition

The Sassuolo Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tarik Muharemović signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tarik Muharemović commits to Sassuolo for another 5 years.

Squad

Jay Idzes 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 Sassuolo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Sassuolo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tarik Muharemović 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Tarik Muharemović

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tarik Muharemović, and the manager let it.

Market

Berat Djimsiti brings the grey hairs Sassuolo lacked

At 33, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

Market

The clock runs on Armand Laurienté's contract

48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief