The Catanzaro Courier
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A $2.1M sale, and a town that did not want it
Tommaso Cassandro has gone, the accounts have $2.1M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Tommaso Cassandro goes
Empoli paid $2.1M and Catanzaro took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Catanzaro
Mirko Pigliacelli 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Ivan Saio at that price
Catanzaro offered $240.0K; Pescara said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market17 Aug 2026
Catanzaro buy the years ahead of Ivan Sulev
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Samuel Giovane 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.
In brief
- Squad Jason Kodor stays put
- Squad No place for Ivan Sulev in the new shape
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Nicolò Brighenti