The Lecce Sentinel
Market8 Feb 2027
Jasper Samooja has said yes to Crotone
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Lecce have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market8 Feb 2027
Danilo Veiga 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 Lecce can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Damián Gómez: 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.” Lecce have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market8 Feb 2027
Matías Pérez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Lecce they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market8 Feb 2027
Kialonda Gaspar wants more than Lecce are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Lecce to lose Niko Kovač for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Niko Kovač has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Enzo Brizuela arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Enzo Brizuela has, at Lecce, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Lazio tell Lecce: Kamaldeen Sulemana is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Adrián Calello 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
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Riccardo Sottil
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Lecce
- Squad Francesco Camarda named in the team of the month