Francesco Grasso

Defensive Midfielder - Bologna U18
9 Dec 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Francesco Grasso

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The Bologna Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Riccardo Orsolini leads the rout of Udinese

4‑0, and Riccardo Orsolini took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Bologna tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Transfer targets

Kaito Yasui is a medical away from Bologna

The deal with Urawa Reds is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Riccardo Orsolini takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Market

Bologna turn down Austria Wien for Juan Miranda

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Too dear: Bologna walk away from Morten Thorsby

$490.0K was the most the club would pay and Cremonese were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Boardroom

3 academy graduates step up at Bologna

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.

Transfer targets

Cruz Azul tell Bologna: Luka Romero is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Jens Odgaard at his very best

Marked 8.72. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Bologna.

Market

Mario Fontana steps up from the Bologna academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mario Fontana 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