The Modena Sentinel
Squad11 Jun 2029
Abdelhamid Sabiri breaks a bone — 34 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Fabio Coratella damages knee ligaments — 17 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 17 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market11 Jun 2029
Terms done: Joaquin Dalmasso is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Ospitaletto waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Modena is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market11 Jun 2029
Modena say no — this time
The offer from Cerro for Paulo Azzi 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.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
Jasper Samooja due for a Modena medical
Everything agreed with Lecce, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market11 Jun 2029
Joaquin Dalmasso 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 The request is on a desk at Modena, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market11 Jun 2029
Álvaro Flores has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Modena they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom11 Jun 2029
Álvaro Flores has agreed to leave Modena for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad11 Jun 2029
A falling-out at Modena
Abdelhamid Sabiri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Squad Words at Modena training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Borussia Dortmund tell Modena: Samuele Perisan is not for sale
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Antonio Imputato