Frosinone midfielder Farès Ghedjemis remains absent from Massimiliano Alvini's matchday plans as the transfer window continues to define his Serie A 2026-27 before it has truly begun — the 23-year-old yet to feature for the Canarini while his club's fortunes swing sharply in either direction around him.
The stakes of that absence have grown considerably. Frosinone have collected three points from their opening two Serie A matches, sitting 11th after a 1-0 home defeat to Juventus followed by a 3-0 away win against Fiorentina. That second result — a three-goal dismantling of a Fiorentina side that had prepared for the fixture with considerable public confidence — is the kind of performance that reshapes early-season narratives. Alvini's side are not merely surviving at this level; they are capable of imposing themselves. Ghedjemis has contributed nothing to that picture.
His absence is not disciplinary or physical, at least not in any way the available information suggests. It is transactional. His preference for a move to AS Monaco has been documented, and Beşiktaş's improved offer has not shifted that position. The window has not closed, and neither has the impasse. What has changed is the context around it: Frosinone are now a team with momentum, a positive goal difference, and a result against Fiorentina that will travel. The cost of Ghedjemis's non-participation is no longer hypothetical.
His profile — with an overall rating of 74 out of 100 and assessed potential of 80 — marks him as one of the more significant assets Frosinone carry into this campaign. A single Coppa Italia appearance, in which he registered one assist, represents the entirety of his competitive contribution this season, and that came in a competition separate from the Serie A stage where Alvini's project is being built.
The window will close. When it does, Ghedjemis will either be a Frosinone player with ground to recover or an asset that departed without ever testing himself in the division. Neither outcome is comfortable. What the Fiorentina result confirms is that Frosinone are not waiting for him to find out which it will be.