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Uneasy
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juve Stabia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrea Petagna and Juve Stabia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market5 Jul 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Juve Stabia has been clear about where Leonardo Candellone stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market5 Jul 2027
Gianluca Saddi is 20, and Juve Stabia have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market5 Jul 2027
Alessandro Nenna is 20, and Juve Stabia have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Giuseppe Leone. Juve Stabia will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juve Stabia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Giuseppe Leone commits to Juve Stabia for another 4 years.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juve Stabia, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market17 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 May 2027
Pietro Boer: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juve Stabia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 May 2027
“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.
Loan watch17 May 2027
35 appearances away from home and 9 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Match15 May 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Palermo came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market17 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Juve Stabia know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Match27 Feb 2027
A 2-2 draw with Südtirol leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Juve Stabia lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
26 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Alessandro Confente keeps the shirt for now, at Juve Stabia's convenience rather than his own.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Rareş Burnete asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match19 Dec 2026
A 2-0 win over Virtus Entella, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
One booking too many, and Giuseppe Leone sits out. Juve Stabia lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.