The Mantova Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
Andrea Meroni stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrea Meroni and Mantova agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mantova
Rachid Kouda 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Mantova and Simone Trimboli
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Andrea Meroni's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Mantova training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Wieser 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Mantova 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.
In brief
- The dugout Simone Trimboli asks for a word with the manager
- Market No place for Fiorello Allushi in the plan
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Simone Trimboli
- Market Davide Bragantini's people are making calls