Frosinone midfielder Farès Ghedjemis has been told he must earn his way back into Massimiliano Alvini's plans, with the Frosinone head coach making clear that the 24-year-old's prolonged transfer dispute has cost him standing in the squad hierarchy. The warning arrives at a moment when Frosinone are building genuine momentum in Serie A 2026-27, which makes Ghedjemis's absence from the picture all the more consequential for his own season.
The stakes are not trivial. Frosinone sit seventh in the table with six points from three matches — two wins, one defeat, six goals scored and three conceded — and Alvini's side are establishing themselves as a side with attacking intent and competitive depth. A player who cannot get into that conversation risks sliding from peripheral to irrelevant before autumn has properly begun.
Ghedjemis has managed just one Serie A appearance this season, contributing neither a goal nor an assist and carrying an average rating of 6.92 from that single outing. His one assist of the campaign came in the Coppa Italia — a competition Frosinone have since exited, beaten by Sassuolo on penalties after the sides finished level at the end of normal time. That assist, then, produced no lasting dividend for the club, and the cup exit removes one avenue through which Ghedjemis might have rebuilt rhythm and form.
The transfer saga that defined his summer has not resolved cleanly. What began as a standoff between club and player has now hardened into something more damaging: a public declaration from his own coach that his place must be re-won. For a player rated at an AI overall of 75 out of 100, with a potential of 80, the underlying profile suggests quality that has simply not been unlocked at Frosinone this term.
Ghedjemis is 24 — old enough that patience has limits, young enough that a strong second half of the season could reframe the narrative entirely. But the window for that reframing is narrowing. Alvini's Frosinone are winning without him, and squads that win develop habits around the players who are present. Ghedjemis must now decide whether he competes for those habits or concedes them.