The Cittadella Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Davide Diaw damages knee ligaments — 133 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 133 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Eduard Ihnatov again
The phone has started ringing about Eduard Ihnatov again, and this time the name on the line is Torres. Cittadella are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cremonese tell Cittadella: Lapo Nava 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Giuseppe Russo joins the Cittadella first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Giuseppe Russo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cittadella promote Davide Riva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Davide Riva 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alessio Agostini steps up from the Cittadella academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alessio Agostini 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cittadella try to borrow Álex Domínguez
Toulouse FC have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cittadella try to borrow Alessandro Nunziante
Udinese have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Cittadella
Simone Addessi 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.
In brief
- Squad Mirko Antonucci has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Davide Castelli walks taller at Cittadella