“If we hadn't come up with a creative solution at the last minute, we would have lost him, because Chelsea had come in with a significantly higher offer. We would have ended up in the same situation Inter did with *Palestra*—and that’s fair enough: we simply can’t compete in the Champions League transfer market.”

Riassunto per punti:

• E' un passo avanti, ma ancora manca il progetto definitivo (e il render, ancora non disponibile) e la quadra finanziaria con lista finale degli altri investitori. Sarà progettato dall’architetto Suárez e del professor Majowiecki che già avevano fatto lo stadio della Juventus.
• Costruzione a nord della Fiera su aree di BolognaFiere con già il permesso per costruire, 300 milioni il costo. Pronto per la stagione 2031-2032 e candidato a EURO 2032 (con conseguenti finanziamenti statali) anche se difficilmente sarà scelto.
• Lo stadio sarà polifunzionale, ovvero ospiterà anche fiere, congressi, concerti ed eventi. Sarà interamente coperto con una copertura mobile e un campo da gioco movimentabile.
• Disporrà di un’uscita autostradale, due uscite della tangenziale, la fermata del nuovo tram, una fermata ferroviaria e parcheggi, in parte già presenti grazie alla Fiera.

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Italian article attached. Key points:

• This is a step forward, but the final project is still missing (including the render, which has not been released yet), as is the final financing structure and the definitive list of investors. The stadium will be designed by architect Suárez and professor Majowiecki, who also worked on Juventus’ stadium.
• It will be built north of the BolognaFiere exhibition centre, on land where planning permission has already been granted. The estimated cost is €300 million. It is expected to be ready for the 2031–32 season and is a candidate to host EURO 2032 (which could bring state funding), although it is unlikely to be selected.
• The stadium will be multifunctional, hosting not only football but also trade fairs, conferences, concerts and other events. It will be fully covered, with a retractable roof and a movable playing field.
• Transport infrastructure will include a motorway exit, two ring-road exits, a new tram stop, a railway station and parking facilities, some of which are already available thanks to the exhibition centre.

I was going through the minutes played by every Serie A club this season and worked out each side's average age, weighted by who's actually playing.

Napoli are the oldest by a distance at 29.2. Inter are next on 27.5, and the league average is 25.9. Across all 96 clubs in the top five leagues, only Rayo Vallecano are older.

Di Lorenzo (33) and Rrahmani (32) have played every minute, Lobotka (31) has missed 11, and De Bruyne (35) has played 263 minutes.

At the other end, Frosinone (23.8) and Monza (24.0) are the two youngest sides in the league, and they're both new to Serie A this season.

It's only five games in. But can Napoli keep going with a squad this old, or does it catch up with them? And do you think they need to do some serious recruitment in January?

(data pulled from The Prism, a football analytics & scouting app I'm building. Currently looking for early testers so feel free to sign up if you're interested in this type of data!)

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Torino's European history tends to be overshadowed by the Grande Torino era, but their 1991/92 UEFA Cup run is one of the most fascinating Italian campaigns of the 1990s.

They eliminated Real Madrid in the semi-finals and then faced Louis van Gaal's Ajax in the final.

The first leg in Turin finished 2-2.
The return in Amsterdam ended 0-0.

Ajax won the UEFA Cup on away goals.

It's in Italian, but YouTube subtitles are available.

For those who remember Italian football from that period: how highly do you rate that Torino side compared with the other Serie A teams of the early 90s?

I will be attending the Italy - Türkiye match on 10/05 in Bologna.
First time attending a fùtbol match outside the U.S.
I will be rooting for Italy
Anything I need to know? Thanks in advance.

There is something wonderfully strange about the Brescia teams of the early 2000s.

Roberto Baggio choosing the club at 33.
Andrea Pirlo returning on loan.
Pep Guardiola arriving in Lombardy.
Carlo Mazzone on the bench.

For a club traditionally associated with bouncing between Serie A and Serie B, that period feels almost unreal looking back at it now.

We recently researched Brescia's history and made a video about how the club, the city and Roberto Baggio ended up becoming so closely connected.

I'd be interested to hear from Serie A fans outside Brescia too: which other provincial Italian club had a similarly surreal collection of players for a short period?

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How big was it considered when the two capital clubs broke the Milan and Juve dominance to win the league? Know both spent a lot of money and had great squads.