The Modena Sentinel
Market21 Aug 2028
Giuseppe Caso has said yes to Grenoble Foot 38
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Modena have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Ignacio Perruzzi due for a Modena medical
Everything agreed with AS Roma, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Modena
Pedro Mendes 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Modena training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jesper Lindstrøm 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Modena
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Enrico Battaglia joins the Modena first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Enrico Battaglia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Gregorio De Santis joins the Modena first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gregorio De Santis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
Modena promote Cristiano Medici from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristiano Medici has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Ousmane Niang frozen out at Modena
This is not rotation. Ousmane Niang has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Modena is pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Modena board did not keep
- Squad 10 new faces, and Modena are still learning each other
- The dugout Cher Ndour knocks on the manager’s door