From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Armand Rada 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 Vicenza can pretend not to have heard.
Market17 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Matteo Ghisolfi joins from Potenza in a deal worth $530.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market17 Aug 2026
Trapani paid $1.2M and Vicenza took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Riccardo Gagno 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Vicenza will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
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From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Vicenza say no — this time
The offer from Union Brescia for Maxime Leverbe 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The name of Marco Carraro has come up in conversations Vicenza were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Riccardo Gagno 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Filippo Costa's contract
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Camillo Ciano
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Vicenza will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vicenza, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Riccardo Gagno and Vicenza agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vicenza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Riccardo Gagno's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Maxime Leverbe knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Maxime Leverbe trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market3 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Vicenza has been clear about where Francesco Benassai stands, which is more than many ever get.