Stefano Baraldi

Central Midfielder - Free Agent
3 Jul 2028
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59 Edition

The Mantova Herald

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match11 Sep 2027

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

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

Squad13 Sep 2027

Francesco Bardi stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market13 Sep 2027

Mateo González 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 Mantova can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom13 Sep 2027

Mantova agree a free transfer for Francisco Vaz

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Transfer targets13 Sep 2027

Mantova rebuffed over Sebastiano Desplanches

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Palermo have kept their man, and Mantova go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Loan watch13 Sep 2027

Luca Sonzogni wants to come home

“I did not go to Gaziantep to sit and watch. I want to come back to Mantova and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Davide Bragantini 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.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Words exchanged at Mantova

Mattia Florio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Stefano Baraldi stays put

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

In brief

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52 Edition

The Mantova Herald

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Door shut on Pontus Almqvist

Mantova asked and Como said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words at Mantova training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Davide Bragantini 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.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at Mantova

Stefano Baraldi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Lorenzo Colaiacomo is a square peg at Mantova

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market26 Jul 2027

Joyce Anacoura brings the grey hairs Mantova lacked

At 33, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Nicolò Camarda 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.

Market26 Jul 2027

The Ettore Gliozzi question follows Mantova around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ettore Gliozzi’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad26 Jul 2027

A pay cut and a fresh start for Joyce Anacoura

Not every move is upward. Joyce Anacoura has accepted terms at Mantova that are worse than the ones he left, and the only question that matters now is whether the football makes up for it.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

The manager makes Davide Bragantini a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Mantova. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief