The Union Brescia Gazette
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Union Brescia
Luca Vido 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Union Brescia
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 targets21 Aug 2028
Union Brescia rebuffed over Samuele Vignato
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Torino have kept their man, and Union Brescia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market21 Aug 2028
Union Brescia promote Giuseppe Morelli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Giuseppe Morelli 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Nicola Conti joins the Union Brescia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicola Conti 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
Ignazio Grassi steps up from the Union Brescia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignazio Grassi 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Union Brescia promote Nicolò Lombardi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolò Lombardi 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Ariel López wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Union Brescia know it.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
A promise the Union Brescia board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Transfer targets Union Brescia try to borrow Romaric Etonde
- Boardroom Union Brescia turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad Competition arrives for Jacopo Pellegrini