30 Oct 2028
Monday
Process
117 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Alex Sposito 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.

Match

Potenza and Benevento take a point apiece

It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.20 with 1 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

The Claud Adjapong talk will not go away

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

Squad

Cristian Riggio is off the mark for Potenza

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

Back issues
116 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Catania

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Alex Sposito 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Niko Kirwan talk will not go away

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

Squad

Cristian Riggio wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Cristian Riggio has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Potenza know, and have known for weeks.

Squad

Somebody is after Alessandro Signorini’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Alessandro Signorini suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Potenza have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

115 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

9 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Alex Sposito says Potenza 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.

Squad

Niko Kirwan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Niko Kirwan commits to Potenza for another 2 years.

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Latina

0-2 to Latina, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

114 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

2 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alex Sposito keeps Potenza 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.

Squad

Niko Kirwan stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Niko Kirwan and Potenza agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Potenza lose Gianluca D'Auria

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

In brief

113 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Cup progress for Potenza

A 2-1 win over Carrarese, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Squad

Potenza lose Pierpaolo Lombardo

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

Squad

Costly mistake from Alessandro Signorini

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Alessandro Signorini knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Match

Potenza and Siracusa take a point apiece

It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriel Tavares

“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.

Squad

Miller Megson makes his debut at 19

At 19 years old, Miller Megson became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

In brief

112 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

18 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Potenza get the job done against Audace Cerignola

A 1-0 win over Audace Cerignola, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Marko Radojević 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.

Market

The Niko Kirwan talk will not go away

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

In brief

111 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Alex Sposito out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Alex Sposito, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Mattia Rossetti

“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.

Match

Potenza and Casarano take a point apiece

It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

110 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Potenza lose Gianluca D'Auria

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

Squad

Emanuele Schimmenti loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Emanuele Schimmenti. Potenza will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Market

Emanuele Schimmenti linked with a move away

The name of Emanuele Schimmenti keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

109 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Alessandro Signorini

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Potenza find a way past Foggia

Foggia made Potenza work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bryant Nieling

“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.

Squad

Alex Sposito 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Potenza have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

Claud Adjapong linked with a move away

The name of Claud Adjapong keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Mattia Rossetti

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

Talks stall between Potenza and Alessandro Signorini

“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.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Luca Petrungaro

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

108 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Alessandro Morelli is a Potenza player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Enrico Sala comes home

The shirt still fits. Enrico Sala is back at Potenza, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Marcello D'Angelo is a Potenza player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Cristiano Calabrese is a Potenza player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Boardroom

Potenza board go back on their word

Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.

Squad

Gabriele Selleri 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.

Squad

Bryant Nieling 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.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Emanuele Schimmenti

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Potenza would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

Boardroom

The Potenza production line keeps running

15 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

In brief

107 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Potenza lose Alex Sposito

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

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

Squad

Gabriele Selleri 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

106 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

7 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gianluca D'Auria out for 76 days

The medical room confirms 76 days on the sidelines for Gianluca D'Auria, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Mattia Rossetti stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mattia Rossetti and Potenza agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Niko Kirwan linked with a move away

The name of Niko Kirwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

105 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

Squad

Mattia Bellini 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.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Luca Petrungaro plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

104 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Marko Radojević: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Potenza lose Niko Kirwan

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

Market

The Claud Adjapong talk will not go away

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

In brief

103 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nicolò Baldo

“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.

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

Squad

Gabriel Tavares 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

102 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gianluca D'Auria out for 106 days

The medical room confirms 106 days on the sidelines for Gianluca D'Auria, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Bryant Nieling 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.

Squad

Nicolò Baldo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicolò Baldo commits to Potenza for another 4 years.

In brief

101 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Potenza lose Emanuele Schimmenti

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

Market

Alex Sposito is a Potenza player

The fee is $620.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Trapani drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

Denny Tassotti signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denny Tassotti commits to Potenza for another 4 years.

In brief

100 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Cristian Riggio says Potenza 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.

Market

The Claud Adjapong talk will not go away

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

Squad

Gabriele Selleri 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

  • Boardroom The Potenza production line keeps running
  • Squad Bilal Erradi keeps his manager's vote
99 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Emanuele Schimmenti stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Emanuele Schimmenti and Potenza agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

Squad

Marko Radojević 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

98 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Potenza lose Gianluca D'Auria

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

Market

Potenza sign Vincenzo Pio Grimaldi for $140.0K

The paperwork is done: Vincenzo Pio Grimaldi joins from Crotone in a deal worth $140.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Market

A long bet from Potenza on Mattia Bellini

He is 19, and nobody at Potenza signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

97 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Thomas Bergamaschi out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Thomas Bergamaschi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Franco Longo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Franco Longo and Potenza agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Potenza sign Franco Longo, one for the future

Franco Longo is 18, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

Squad

Mattia Rossetti has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Mattia Rossetti keeps the shirt for now, at Potenza's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Luis Lee joins Potenza on a free

No fee and no drama: Luis Lee has signed at Potenza, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

96 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marko Radojević

“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.

Market

Potenza put Marko Radojević up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Marko Radojević may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Nicolò Baldo 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.

Squad

Somebody is after Mattia Rossetti’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Mattia Rossetti suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Potenza have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Market

Anass Hamite joins Potenza on a free

No fee and no drama: Anass Hamite has signed at Potenza, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

95 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bryant Nieling 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Alessandro Signorini 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.

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

In brief

94 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gabriele Selleri says Potenza 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.

Squad

Claud Adjapong signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Claud Adjapong commits to Potenza for another 3 years.

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Trapani

1-2 to Trapani, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

93 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Potenza make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Potenza have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

Giuseppe Loiacono signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Giuseppe Loiacono commits to Potenza for another 2 years.

Match

Potenza see off Casertana

Three points for Potenza, 2-1 the final word against Casertana in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Hannes Hermann

“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.

Squad

Marko Radojević left out for the big one

A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Marko Radojević will call it something else in private.

Squad

Emanuele Schimmenti is carrying Potenza

7 goals and a season average of 7.24. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

In brief

92 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Potenza find a way past Giugliano

Giugliano made Potenza work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Giuseppe Loiacono

“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.

Squad

Emanuele Schimmenti is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.20 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

Potenza put Marko Radojević up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Marko Radojević may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

Boardroom

The Potenza production line keeps running

9 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

In brief

91 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Marko Radojević 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.

Match

Potenza find a way past Cavese

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

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.42 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Mattia Rossetti

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Squad

Giuseppe Loiacono unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Giuseppe Loiacono has let it be known that he does not like the way Potenza are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

In brief

90 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Mattia Rossetti 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.

Match

Potenza share the spoils with Sorrento

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

Squad

Peter Amoran is off the mark for Potenza

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Gerardo Solazzo makes his debut at 20

At 20 years old, Gerardo Solazzo became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Market

Niko Kirwan linked with a move away

The name of Niko Kirwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

89 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Marko Radojević out for 24 days

The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Marko Radojević, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Hannes Hermann

“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.

In brief

88 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Marko Radojević: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Picerno take the points off Potenza

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Giuseppe Loiacono

“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.

Squad

Mattia Rossetti 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.

Market

Potenza put Marko Radojević up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Marko Radojević may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

87 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Marko Radojević asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Altamura

1-2 to Altamura, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Claud Adjapong 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.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.39 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

In brief

86 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Potenza come up short against Cosenza

Cosenza left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Bryant Nieling 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.

Squad

Miller Megson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Miller Megson and Potenza agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

85 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

13 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Potenza lose Marko Radojević

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

Squad

Antonino De Marco stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Antonino De Marco and Potenza agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Salernitana

1-3 to Salernitana, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Marko Radojević 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.

Market

Potenza sign Miller Megson, one for the future

Miller Megson is 18, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief

84 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Niko Kirwan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Niko Kirwan commits to Potenza for another 2 years.

Squad

Niko Kirwan 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.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Benevento

4-4, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is carrying Potenza

4 goals and a season average of 7.36. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

4 past Hannes Hermann

Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 4 saves does not settle it either way.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

83 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Marko Radojević asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Iacopo Canneti: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Potenza get the job done against Catania

A 2-1 win over Catania, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Giuseppe Gabriele out for 42 days

The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Giuseppe Gabriele, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is carrying Potenza

3 goals and a season average of 7.32. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Market

Potenza sign Dan Kouyo, one for the future

Dan Kouyo is 18, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Potenza sign Thomas Bergamaschi, one for the future

Thomas Bergamaschi is 18, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Dan Kouyo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dan Kouyo commits to Potenza for another 4 years.

Market

The Bryant Nieling talk will not go away

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

In brief

82 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gabriel Tavares: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Potenza find a way past Latina

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

Squad

Peter Amoran 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

81 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Potenza lose Marko Radojević

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

Squad

Marko Radojević 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.

Squad

Niccolò Cacciamani stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Niccolò Cacciamani and Potenza agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

80 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Siracusa

1-2 to Siracusa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Hannes Hermann 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.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is carrying Potenza

2 goals and a season average of 7.26. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Mattia Rossetti 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.

Squad

Somebody is after Luca Petrungaro’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Luca Petrungaro suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Potenza have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Potenza bring in Peter Amoran on loan

A season-long audition: Parma still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Potenza's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

Market

Marco Dalle Pezze joins Potenza on a free

No fee and no drama: Marco Dalle Pezze has signed at Potenza, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

Market

Pietro Carrillo leaves Potenza for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Pietro Carrillo moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

In brief

  • The terraces The press have found their man in Luca Petrungaro
  • Boardroom The Potenza production line keeps running
79 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Potenza

The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bryant Nieling

“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.

Squad

Giuseppe Gabriele out for 74 days

The medical room confirms 74 days on the sidelines for Giuseppe Gabriele, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Pietro Carrillo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pietro Carrillo commits to Potenza for another 3 years.

Market

Potenza sign Iacopo Canneti, one for the future

Iacopo Canneti is 20, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Audace Cerignola

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

78 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Marko Radojević 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Potenza

The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

Potenza see off Casarano

Three points for Potenza, 3-2 the final word against Casarano in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Mattia Rossetti 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.

Squad

Bryant Nieling 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.

Market

Niko Kirwan linked with a move away

The name of Niko Kirwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

77 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Potenza lose Marko Radojević

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

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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.

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

Market

Marko Radojević placed on the list

Potenza have made Marko Radojević available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Squad

Manuel De Marco 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Manuele Castorani leaves Potenza for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Manuele Castorani moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

In brief

76 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Carlo Forlenza: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

8 unbeaten for Potenza

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Potenza did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Foggia

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

75 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Hannes Hermann keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Potenza

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marko Radojević

“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.

In brief

74 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Marko Radojević asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Hannes Hermann keeps Potenza 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.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Potenza

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Agostino Camigliano

“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.

Match

No goals between Potenza and Casertana

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Casertana will be the happier side with the point.

Market

The Niko Kirwan talk will not go away

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

In brief

73 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Potenza bow out of the cup

Inter go through and Potenza go home, 0-0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Hannes Hermann keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Potenza find a way past Giugliano

Giugliano made Potenza work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Manuele Castorani

“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.

Market

Emanuele Schimmenti linked with a move away

The name of Emanuele Schimmenti keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

72 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Cristian Riggio: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bryant Nieling

“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.

Match

Potenza find a way past Cavese

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

Squad

Marko Radojević unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Marko Radojević has let it be known that he does not like the way Potenza are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

Squad

Gabriele Selleri 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The terraces

The press cannot get enough of Emanuele Schimmenti

Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.

In brief

71 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

4 matches without a win for Potenza

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Potenza are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Hannes Hermann 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.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Sorrento

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

70 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Marko Radojević asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Marko Radojević 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.

Match

No goals between Potenza and Monopoli

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Monopoli will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

69 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Gabriele Selleri says Potenza 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.

Match

Potenza come up short against Picerno

Picerno left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

68 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Marco Cassin says Potenza 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.

Match

7 unbeaten for Potenza

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

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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

67 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Hannes Hermann is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Hannes Hermann: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Cup progress for Potenza

A 0-0 win over Cesena, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Squad

Pietro Carrillo says Potenza 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.

Match

6 unbeaten for Potenza

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Potenza did not have in the autumn.

Match

Potenza see off Cosenza

Three points for Potenza, 1-0 the final word against Cosenza in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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

66 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Marko Radojević asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Match

Potenza find a way past Salernitana

Salernitana made Potenza work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Giuseppe Loiacono 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.

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Niko Kirwan talk will not go away

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

Squad

Lukas Rosengren is off the mark for Potenza

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

65 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Hannes Hermann

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Potenza see off Benevento

Three points for Potenza, 2-0 the final word against Benevento in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief

64 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Hannes Hermann keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Catania

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Bryant Nieling 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

63 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Potenza run riot against Latina

3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Squad

Manuel De Marco says Potenza 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Manuele Castorani

“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.

Squad

Mattia Rossetti is off the mark for Potenza

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

International call for Niko Kirwan

Niko Kirwan joins up with his country. Potenza lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

62 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Potenza

Beaten 0-4 by Crotone, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Match

7 matches without a win for Potenza

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Potenza are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Giuseppe Loiacono signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Giuseppe Loiacono commits to Potenza for another 2 years.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Potenza dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad

4 past Hannes Hermann

Whether it was the goalkeeper or the ten in front of him is the argument that will fill every conversation in town this week. 1 saves does not settle it either way.

In brief

61 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Hannes Hermann is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Hannes Hermann: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Cup progress for Potenza

A 2-2 win over Livorno, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Match

6 matches without a win for Potenza

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Potenza are no longer polite ones.

Match

Siracusa take the points off Potenza

Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

60 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mattia Rossetti: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

No end in sight to Potenza's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Potenza has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Hannes Hermann

“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.

In brief

59 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Casarano

1-2 to Casarano, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Gabriele Selleri 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.

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Thiago Verardi leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Thiago Verardi leaves Potenza the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

Window shut, Agostino Camigliano still here

Potenza spent the window trying to move Agostino Camigliano on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

In brief

58 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Antonis Siatounis out for 22 days

The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Antonis Siatounis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luca Petrungaro commits to Potenza for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bryant Nieling

“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.

In brief

57 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Potenza sign Bryant Nieling for $1.5M

The paperwork is done: Bryant Nieling joins from Modena in a deal worth $1.5M. Now comes the harder part.

Market

Thiago Verardi has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Potenza they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Claud Adjapong stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Claud Adjapong and Potenza agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bilal Erradi

“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.

Match

Potenza come up short against Foggia

Foggia left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

56 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Danilo Mariani is a Potenza player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Alberto Fiorini comes home

The shirt still fits. Alberto Fiorini is back at Potenza, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Alessio Castelli comes home

The shirt still fits. Alessio Castelli is back at Potenza, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Pierpaolo Lombardo comes home

The shirt still fits. Pierpaolo Lombardo is back at Potenza, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Boardroom

A promise the Potenza board did not keep

There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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

55 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Thiago Verardi 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Triestina expected to open talks for Thiago Verardi

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Potenza will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Ange Chiesa 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

54 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Antonis Siatounis out for 52 days

The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Antonis Siatounis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Matteo Ghisolfi leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Matteo Ghisolfi leaves Potenza the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

Samuele Petti leaves Potenza for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Samuele Petti moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

In brief

53 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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.

Market

Niko Kirwan linked with a move away

The name of Niko Kirwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

52 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mattia Rossetti is a Potenza player

The fee is $210.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Carpi drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Gubbio expected to open talks for Matteo Ghisolfi

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Potenza will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Agostino Camigliano

“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.

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Marco Cassin arrives on loan

Potenza have taken Marco Cassin on loan from Cremonese — cover where cover was needed.

In brief

51 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Potenza sell Tommaso Cucchietti for $620.0K

Tommaso Cucchietti has left for Padova in a $620.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marko Radojević

“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.

Market

Potenza sign Niccolò Cacciamani, one for the future

Niccolò Cacciamani is 19, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Potenza sign Carlo Forlenza, one for the future

Carlo Forlenza is 19, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Gianluca D'Auria linked with a move away

The name of Gianluca D'Auria keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

50 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Marko Radojević asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Marko Radojević says Potenza 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.

Squad

Potenza lose Antonis Siatounis

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

Market

Potenza turn down Foggia for Matteo Ghisolfi

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

Market

Potenza sell Giovanni Guiotto for $42.0K

Giovanni Guiotto has left for Alcione Milano in a $42.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Potenza sign Mattia Saitta, one for the future

Mattia Saitta is 20, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief

49 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Bilal Erradi: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Niko Kirwan linked with a move away

The name of Niko Kirwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

48 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Perugia expected to open talks for Tommaso Cucchietti

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Potenza will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Tommaso Cucchietti

“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.

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

In brief

47 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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.

Squad

The manager comes out for Yuri Rocchetti

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Yuri Rocchetti has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

46 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Potenza sell Lucas Felippe for $510.0K

Lucas Felippe has left for Palermo in a $510.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ange Chiesa

“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.

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

45 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Pescara come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Antonino De Marco 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.

Market

Potenza sign Denny Tassotti, one for the future

Denny Tassotti is 20, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

Niko Kirwan linked with a move away

The name of Niko Kirwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

The terraces

The stands have heard the Lucas Felippe talk too

What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Potenza would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.

Squad

Somebody is after Luca Petrungaro’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Luca Petrungaro suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Potenza have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

44 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Claud Adjapong 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.

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

Squad

Luca Petrungaro has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Luca Petrungaro keeps the shirt for now, at Potenza's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

43 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Marko Radojević 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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.

Market

Lucas Felippe runs his contract down

1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Potenza money.

In brief

42 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Felippe asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Agostino Camigliano: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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

41 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Lucas Felippe has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Potenza they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

15 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Match

Potenza find a way past Casertana

Casertana made Potenza work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

Potenza sign Nicolò Baldo, one for the future

Nicolò Baldo is 20, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Ange Chiesa 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.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

40 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Tommaso D'Arcangelo is a Potenza player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Antonino De Marco

“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.

Match

Honours even between Potenza and Giugliano

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

The Emanuele Schimmenti talk will not go away

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

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Tommaso D'Arcangelo leaves Potenza for nothing

No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Tommaso D'Arcangelo moves on to Sorrento with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.

In brief

39 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Słonina

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Gabriel Słonina shuts the door again

14 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.

Match

Potenza get the job done against Cavese

A 3-1 win over Cavese, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lucas Felippe

“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.

Market

Still no signature from Lucas Felippe

2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Potenza could get for him.

Squad

Manuele Castorani finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Potenza have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

38 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Potenza get the job done against Sorrento

A 2-1 win over Sorrento, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Vincenzo Troise out for 54 days

The medical room confirms 54 days on the sidelines for Vincenzo Troise, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Claud Adjapong

“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.

Squad

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Luca Petrungaro is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.22 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

In brief

37 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Lucas Felippe is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Potenza is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Antonis Siatounis asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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

36 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Manuele Castorani 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Gabriel Słonina keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Potenza come up short against Picerno

Picerno left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

35 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gabriel Słonina shuts the door again

14 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.

Match

Potenza see off Altamura

Three points for Potenza, 3-1 the final word against Altamura in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Cristian Riggio

“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.

Market

Still no signature from Lucas Felippe

3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Potenza could get for him.

Squad

Adam Azzouz makes his debut at 20

At 20 years old, Adam Azzouz became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Squad

Somebody is after Bilal Erradi’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Bilal Erradi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Potenza have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

34 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Cristian Riggio says Potenza 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Potenza against Cosenza

0-1 to Cosenza, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

33 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Felippe is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Potenza is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market

Antonis Siatounis asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Gabriel Słonina keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Potenza

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Bilal Erradi 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.

Match

Potenza and Salernitana take a point apiece

It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

32 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Manuele Castorani 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Jacopo Murano stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacopo Murano and Potenza agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Potenza see off Benevento

Three points for Potenza, 2-1 the final word against Benevento in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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.

Market

Emanuele Schimmenti linked with a move away

The name of Emanuele Schimmenti keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

31 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

14 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Squad

Lucas Felippe 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.

Squad

Claud Adjapong loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Claud Adjapong. Potenza will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

In brief

30 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Słonina

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Claud Adjapong

“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.

Boardroom

109% of the income goes out in wages at Potenza

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Potenza and Latina take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Marco Delle Monache is off the mark for Potenza

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

29 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gabriel Słonina

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Antonis Siatounis asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Market

Lucas Felippe is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Potenza is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Gabriel Słonina shuts the door again

13 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gianluca D'Auria

“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.

Match

No goals between Potenza and Crotone

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Crotone will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

28 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Gabriel Słonina keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Agostino Camigliano asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Market

Lucas Felippe attracts admirers

The name of Lucas Felippe has come up in conversations Potenza were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match

Potenza get the job done against Siracusa

A 1-0 win over Siracusa, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

12 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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

27 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Manuele Castorani asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Gabriele Selleri: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Yuri Rocchetti

“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.

Match

Potenza come up short against Audace Cerignola

Audace Cerignola left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Ange Chiesa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ange Chiesa and Potenza agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Potenza sign Vittorio Gambardella, one for the future

Vittorio Gambardella is 20, and Potenza have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief

26 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Cagliari come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Gabriel Słonina 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.

Boardroom

131% of the income goes out in wages at Potenza

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Ange Chiesa signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ange Chiesa commits to Potenza for another 4 years.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

11 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Match

Potenza and Casarano take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Bilal Erradi finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Potenza have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Market

Ange Chiesa joins Potenza on a free

No fee and no drama: Ange Chiesa has signed at Potenza, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

25 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Matteo Ghisolfi: 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.” Potenza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Cagliari watching Lucas Felippe

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

Market

Manuele Castorani placed on the list

Potenza have made Manuele Castorani available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Lucas Felippe

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Potenza would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

Squad

Alessandro Signorini 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

24 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

3 goals for Jacopo Murano

The match ball belongs to Jacopo Murano, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market

Potenza turn down Pontedera for Gabriele Selleri

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

Match

Potenza find a way past Foggia

Foggia made Potenza work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Jacopo Schiavone out for 45 days

The medical room confirms 45 days on the sidelines for Jacopo Schiavone, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tommaso Cucchietti 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.

Market

Potenza put Antonis Siatounis up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Antonis Siatounis may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

23 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Manuele Castorani asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Jacopo Murano 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.

Match

Potenza come up short against Trapani

Trapani left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Lucas Felippe linked with a move away

The name of Lucas Felippe keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Potenza say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Lucas Felippe runs his contract down

6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Potenza money.

Market

Potenza put Agostino Camigliano up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Agostino Camigliano may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

22 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

223% of the income goes out in wages at Potenza

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Potenza find a way past Casertana

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

Squad

Gabriel Słonina shuts the door again

11 clean sheets and counting. Strikers leave this ground muttering his name, which is exactly how a goalkeeper measures a good season.

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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.

Squad

Bogdan Stăuciuc 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

21 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonis Siatounis asks to leave Potenza

“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.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

10 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Geronimo Venloo

“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.

In brief

20 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

9 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Squad

Gabriele Selleri 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.

Match

No goals between Potenza and Cavese

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Cavese will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

19 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gabriel Słonina keeps Potenza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Potenza get the job done against Sorrento

A 2-0 win over Sorrento, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Another clean sheet for Gabriel Słonina

8 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Gabriel Słonina has given nobody the chance.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marco Delle Monache

“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.

Squad

Giuseppe Loiacono is off the mark for Potenza

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

Still no signature from Lucas Felippe

7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Potenza could get for him.

In brief

18 Edition

The Potenza Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Lucas Felippe 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 Potenza can pretend not to have heard.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Squad

Yuri Rocchetti out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Yuri Rocchetti, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom

256% of the income goes out in wages at Potenza

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match

Potenza come up short against Monopoli

Monopoli left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Agostino Camigliano 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