The Cesena Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Cristian Shpendi goes
Torino paid $7.0M and Cesena took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A $7.0M sale, and a town that did not want it
Cristian Shpendi has gone, the accounts have $7.0M 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Abdelhamid Sabiri at that price
Cesena offered $2.6M; Fiorentina 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Andrea Ciofi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cesena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Jonathan Klinsmann 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Cesena training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matteo Francesconi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Rachid Ghezzal is in the works
Cesena have made the call to Olympique Lyonnais. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Cesena
Axel Juárez arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Axel Juárez
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Cesena has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- Squad Andrea Ciofi has company in his position
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Tommaso Berti