The Virtus Verona Herald
Market24 Aug 2026
Tommaso Cielo 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 Virtus Verona can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Virtus Verona
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Nicola Patanè 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Roberto Baraldi steps up from the Virtus Verona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Baraldi 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Virtus Verona promote Danilo Cassano from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danilo Cassano 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Samuele Lucchesi steps up from the Virtus Verona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuele Lucchesi 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
- Squad Sean Steur in a row with a teammate
- Boardroom Virtus Verona turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Sean Steur still has not settled
- Squad Michael Fabbro is out on the grass again