The Ravenna Post
Squad21 Aug 2028
74 days out for Sonny D'Angelo after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Ravenna will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market21 Aug 2028
Alessandro Bianconi has said yes to Bari
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Ravenna have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market21 Aug 2028
Ravenna say no — this time
The offer from Novara for Santiago Krieger was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Manuel Leto due for a Ravenna medical
Everything agreed with Atalanta, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Ravenna
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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Ravenna
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fabián Sánchez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Reggiana tell Ravenna: Thomas Vettorel 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Salvatore Troisi joins the Ravenna first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Salvatore Troisi 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: Elia Neri joins the Ravenna first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Elia Neri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Ravenna board did not keep
- The dugout Sonny D'Angelo gets it from the manager
- The dugout Fabián Sánchez knocks on the manager’s door