Benjamin Santelli

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Avellino
21 Nov 2027
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68 Edition

The Avellino Courier

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad15 Nov 2027

Salvatore Sirigu keeps Avellino in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad15 Nov 2027

Benjamin Santelli: 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.” Avellino have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match13 Nov 2027

Avellino find a way past Padova

Padova made Avellino work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

Back issues
60 Edition

The Avellino Courier

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom20 Sep 2027

The caretaker keeps it: Leonardo Giuliani confirmed

A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.

Match18 Sep 2027

7 unbeaten for Avellino

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Avellino did not have in the autumn.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Salvatore Sirigu lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Match18 Sep 2027

Avellino share the spoils with Hellas Verona

A 1-1 draw with Hellas Verona leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad20 Sep 2027

The manager makes an example of Benjamin Santelli

“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.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Alessandro Fontanarosa knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Avellino, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

52 Edition

The Avellino Courier

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market26 Jul 2027

Benjamin Santelli hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Avellino can pretend not to have heard.

Market26 Jul 2027

Avellino turn down IFK Norrkoping for Lorenco Šimić

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad26 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Luca Palmiero

“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.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Michele Besaggio 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.

Market26 Jul 2027

Michele Besaggio placed on the list

Avellino have made Michele Besaggio available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market26 Jul 2027

The Dimitris Sounas talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Avellino know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

51 Edition

The Avellino Courier

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Jul 2027

Luca Palmiero says Avellino went back on their word

“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.

Market19 Jul 2027

Guidonia Montecelio come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Avellino did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market19 Jul 2027

Bra watching Domenico Pio Donato

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Avellino have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Alessandro Berardi gets it from the manager

“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.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Michele Besaggio knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Avellino, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market19 Jul 2027

Benjamin Santelli placed on the list

Avellino have made Benjamin Santelli available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

50 Edition

The Avellino Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market12 Jul 2027

Marco Armellino hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Avellino can pretend not to have heard.

Market12 Jul 2027

Audace Cerignola watching Arthur Spadoni

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Avellino have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Brayan Boci gets it from the manager

“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.

In brief

49 Edition

The Avellino Courier

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom5 Jul 2027

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Avellino

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Boardroom5 Jul 2027

Adriano Ranieri has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Avellino can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market5 Jul 2027

Alessandro Fontanarosa asks to leave Avellino

“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.

Squad5 Jul 2027

Raffaele D'Auria out for 52 days

The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Raffaele D'Auria, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad5 Jul 2027

Antonio De Cristofaro signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio De Cristofaro commits to Avellino for another 3 years.

Market5 Jul 2027

Benjamin Santelli told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Benjamin Santelli has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Avellino.

Squad5 Jul 2027

Benjamin Santelli gets it from the manager

“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.

Market5 Jul 2027

Talks stall between Avellino and Valerio Crespi

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market5 Jul 2027

Pineto are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Avellino will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

44 Edition

The Avellino Courier

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 May 2027

Michele Besaggio asks to leave Avellino

“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.

Squad31 May 2027

Filippo Missori says Avellino went back on their word

“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.

Squad31 May 2027

Luca Palmiero knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Avellino, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

37 Edition

The Avellino Courier

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match10 Apr 2027

19 matches without a win for Avellino

The run now stands at 19, and the questions being asked around Avellino are no longer polite ones.

Squad12 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of Lorenco Šimić

“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.

Match10 Apr 2027

Avellino draw a blank against Juve Stabia

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Juve Stabia defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

2 Edition

The Avellino Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Armando Izzo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Armando Izzo commits to Avellino for another 2 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Avellino lose Filippo Missori

15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market10 Aug 2026

Nobody at Avellino has picked up the phone to Lorenco Šimić

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Armando Izzo 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Experience through the door at Avellino

Salvatore Sirigu arrives at 39 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Market10 Aug 2026

Experience through the door at Avellino

Angelo Ogbonna arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

In brief