The Catania Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Klāvs Bethers says no to Persib
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Klāvs Bethers had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Catania
Massimo Coda and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Salvatore Caturano signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Salvatore Caturano commits to Catania for another 1 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlo Locatelli steps up from the Catania academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlo Locatelli has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Catania promote Teodoro Leone from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teodoro Leone has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Catania promote Renato Ruggiero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Renato Ruggiero has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
12 new faces, and Catania are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Lunetta 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Salvatore Caturano 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.
In brief
- Squad The dressing room has a star in it
- The dugout Michael Liguori keeps his manager's vote