The Padova Post
Market13 Aug 2029
Tommaso Nobile asks to leave Padova
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market13 Aug 2029
Sampdoria come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Padova did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A falling-out at Padova
Marco Pompetti and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A row about effort at Padova
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gianluca Caprari was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market13 Aug 2029
Reggiana join the queue for Davide Macrì
Add another name to the list: Reggiana have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Davide Macrì. The answer from Padova has not changed — yet.
Market13 Aug 2029
Flavio Conti steps up from the Padova academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Flavio Conti 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.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
No hiding place for Mirko Franchi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mirko Franchi, and the manager let it.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
The manager makes Andrea Mattioli a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Padova. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Aaron Kamara has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Padova will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Stefano Negro
- Squad Andrea Magli finally belongs at Padova
- Boardroom The Padova production line keeps running