The Bologna Herald
Market8 Jan 2029
Bologna turn down AS Roma for Riccardo Orsolini
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market8 Jan 2029
Angelo Baldi 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 Bologna can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Riccardo Orsolini in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bologna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 Jan 2029
Business is business: Giuseppe Ciocci goes
Venezia paid $1.1M and Bologna took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market8 Jan 2029
Only the photograph left for Francesco Benassai
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Francesco Benassai will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bologna the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Jhon Lucumí is carrying Bologna
12 goals and a season average of 7.40. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match6 Jan 2029
Udinese take the points off Bologna
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Jan 2029
No hiding place for Lewis Ferguson
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lewis Ferguson, and the manager let it.
Player ratings8 Jan 2029
One of those days for Jhon Lucumí
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.41, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Riccardo Orsolini
- Squad The month belongs to Jhon Lucumí
- Loan watch Tommaso Ebone counts the days