The Union Brescia Gazette
Squad24 Aug 2026
Davide Balestrero damages knee ligaments — 53 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 53 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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Union Brescia
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Union Brescia sell Frederik Sørensen for $140.0K
Frederik Sørensen has left for Empoli in a $140.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luigi Silvestri 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Union Brescia
Luca Vido 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ignazio Ranieri steps up from the Union Brescia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignazio Ranieri has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Tommaso Cecconi joins the Union Brescia first team
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Union Brescia
- Squad The manager comes out for Mattia Zennaro