The Vicenza Courier
Market21 Aug 2028
Vicenza turn down Foggia for Maxime Leverbe
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Filippo Alessio is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
A new deal for Tommaso Mariani
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Vicenza
Filippo Costa 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Nicola Rauti
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Vicenza
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Maxime Leverbe 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Paolo Donadoni joins the Vicenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Paolo Donadoni 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: Dario Vitale joins the Vicenza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dario Vitale is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Adriano Moretti joins the Vicenza first team
- Boardroom Vicenza board go back on their word
- Boardroom Vicenza turn down the training-ground plan