Football Season Guide

The past campaign was a bizarre one for Bologna as they were first heading towards the bottom with Filippo Inzaghi in charge while they eventually finished in the top 10, with 30 points out of the last 17 games, once Sinisa Mihajlovic took the reins of the team. The Serbian coach was obviously confirmed at the helm but then the shocking news arrived that he is fighting against leukaemia. Nevertheless, he will continue in charge. He will have to deal with a rather renewed squad, though, as the loans of such regulars as Mattiello and Lyanco came to an end, while the likes of Nagy and Pulgar went to pastures new, thus leaving the squad weaker at the back and in the middle of the park. In order to overcome such defensive departures, and last season’s weaknesses, Bologna signed in a few centre-backs: Bani, who had a disastrous season with Chievo Verona, the promising Japanese Tomiyasu and the more experienced Denswil, the latter pair both coming from the Jupiler League. In the middle of the park, they only added Schouten from Excelsior, who lacks the experience needed to be a starter, and so they are still short in this department, considering that they adopt a 4-2-3-1 formation. While they also added an interesting young winger for the attack, Skov Olsen, Bologna certainly made their best moves by turning the loans of Orsolini, Soriano and Sansone into permanent deals.