The Perugia Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Luigi Canotto signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luigi Canotto and Perugia agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Perugia
Elvis Kabashi 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Paolo Bartolomei 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Giulio Brunori pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Luca Gemello
Still no offer on the table, and Luca Gemello’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Nick Oyekunle is in the works
Perugia have made the call to Southampton. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Perugia and Paolo Bartolomei
- Market No place for Davide Riccardi in the plan
- The dugout Christian Langella asks for a word with the manager
- Market Noah Lewis leaves for nothing