Thiago Baroni

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Marked for Thiago Baroni

109 Edition

The KV Mechelen Herald

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Aug 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Michy Mignolet

59 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. KV Mechelen lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market28 Aug 2028

Dmitry Pivovarov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at KV Mechelen, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Tempers go at KV Mechelen

Germán Pezzella was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Thiago Baroni is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Words at KV Mechelen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jason Denayer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Loan watch28 Aug 2028

Thérence Koudou wants to come home

“I did not go to Club Brugge to sit and watch. I want to come back to KV Mechelen and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

In brief

Back issues
98 Edition

The KV Mechelen Herald

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Jun 2028

KV Mechelen are in real trouble now

Position 14, 28 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Jason Denayer in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KV Mechelen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Thiago Baroni is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Home is on Guilherme Batista's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; KV Mechelen are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Words at KV Mechelen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bilal Bafdili is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market12 Jun 2028

The Thérence Koudou conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: OH Leuven will make the call about Thérence Koudou this week. KV Mechelen have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

In brief

60 Edition

The KV Mechelen Herald

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Sep 2027

A fracture rules Christian Nainggolan out for 40 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KV Mechelen will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Real improvement from Halil Özdemir at KV Mechelen

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Halil Özdemir is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Nobody could get near Maksim Kireev

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Nacho Miras signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nacho Miras and KV Mechelen agree another 3 years.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Words at KV Mechelen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jason Denayer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

Fredrik Hammar shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Loan watch20 Sep 2027

Bouke Boersma has seen enough of Vizela

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at KV Mechelen, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

The terraces20 Sep 2027

Everybody has an opinion about Benito Raman

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.

Player ratings20 Sep 2027

José Marsà never got going

4.53 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

52 Edition

The KV Mechelen Herald

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market26 Jul 2027

Kaito Verheyden 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 KV Mechelen can pretend not to have heard.

Market26 Jul 2027

KV Mechelen say no — this time

The offer from Tondela for Bouke Boersma was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad26 Jul 2027

A move Thiago Baroni would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Thiago Baroni is living that version at KV Mechelen, and it tends to show in the first month.

Boardroom26 Jul 2027

5 academy players handed senior numbers at KV Mechelen

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words at KV Mechelen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jason Denayer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market26 Jul 2027

Racing Genk join the queue for Thérence Koudou

Add another name to the list: Racing Genk have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Thérence Koudou. The answer from KV Mechelen has not changed — yet.

In brief

50 Edition

The Talleres Herald

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market12 Jul 2027

Juan Rodríguez asks to leave Talleres

“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.

Boardroom12 Jul 2027

Joaquín Soria signs for Belgrano while still at Talleres

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Joaquín Soria has agreed terms with Belgrano for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Talleres

Mirlind Daku was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market12 Jul 2027

Only the photograph left for Joaquín Soria

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joaquín Soria will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Talleres the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Franco Cristaldo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Giovanni Baroni signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Giovanni Baroni commits to Talleres for another 5 years.

Market12 Jul 2027

The Santiago Fernández conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Estudiantes de Caracas will make the call about Santiago Fernández this week. Talleres have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad12 Jul 2027

7 new faces, and Talleres are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Loan watch12 Jul 2027

Daniel Ribera counts the days

“I watch every Talleres game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Charlotte Football Club runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief