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Squad6 Dec 2027
A one-man rearguard from Andrea Dini
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.
Match4 Dec 2027
Catania cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match4 Dec 2027
Three points for Catania, 1-0 the final word against Salernitana in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom6 Dec 2027
Wages eat 86% of everything Catania earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Kaleb Jimenez is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.22 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad6 Dec 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.
Back issues
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Market9 Aug 2027
Andrea Corbari is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Catania has been clear about where Andrea Corbari stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad9 Aug 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.
Squad9 Aug 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 Catania, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Aug 2027
The name of Giovanni Di Noia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Catania say nothing, which says plenty.
Market9 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Manuel Martic leaves Catania the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market9 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Alessandro Celli leaves Catania the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Squad2 Aug 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Jurgi Oteo is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Catania has been clear about where Jurgi Oteo stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market2 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Catania know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Match21 Jun 2027
Catania are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 54 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Jun 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.
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Match26 Apr 2027
Catania are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 50 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match24 Apr 2027
Catania make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Catania have 3 straight wins of it.
Match24 Apr 2027
Three points for Catania, 1-0 the final word against Cosenza in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
32 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad26 Apr 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Catania know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Claudio Messaggi 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.
The terraces26 Apr 2027
The press cannot get enough of Tiago Casasola
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Tiago Casasola named in the team of the week
A rating of 7.17 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.
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Steady
Match16 Jan 2027
11 unbeaten for Catania
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Catania did not have in the autumn.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market18 Jan 2027
The fee is $310.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Ospitaletto drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad18 Jan 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.
Match16 Jan 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market18 Jan 2027
The name of Tiago Casasola keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Catania say nothing, which says plenty.