A gesture in front of the camera and a smile that is worth a thousand words. Riccardo Orsolini continues to send strong signals, but will anyone really pick them up?
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Knock Knock, is anyone there? Riccardo Orsolini approaches the camera, makes the gesture of knocking and smiles. There is no need to add more, although at the end of the game they ask him a question, “Was it for Spalletti?” Answer? None. Just that sly smile we have come to know by now. If a facial expression were enough to explain the world, well, that one tells it all.
The problem is that Luciano Spalletti no longer sees him. For months, maybe years. Although Orsolini is having the most brilliant season of his career, the national team coach keeps looking elsewhere. And it’s not just a matter of chemistry: in the 4-3-3 that Spalletti loved, the outside left back who plays on the right and centralizes usually found a place. Then the coach changed the module and everything changed.
Still, Bologna’s number seven has not stopped scoring. Ten goals and four assists in this league do not put them together by accident. And we are talking about someone who, in recent years, has always kept an average in double figures. Not a flash in the pan, but a reliable player. So reliable that he is the technical dragger of a team now playing for a place in the Champions League.
For now, Bologna is holding on to him. And it does well: Riccardo has become a flag, the symbol of a team that plays well and entertains. He has no urgency to leave, that is true. But soccer is strange: an offer comes in, a coach changes, a position opens up, and everything takes a different turn. The feeling, after so many years, is that Orsolini feels ready. He is 28 years old. If he wants to make a leap, now is the time.
The Serie A biggies know this. And they have been watching him for a while. In January, for example, Milan had tried to get him. The red and blue’s response was clear: “He won’t move.” And he did well. But in the summer, when plans are redone and roses are rewritten, the scenario changes. And if the Rossoneri decide to try again, this time the outcome could be different.
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Milan, today, is the closest club. Even if a new coach arrives, a left-footed right fielder is a priority. Especially considering that Chukwueze has not convinced and Pulisic alone cannot suffice. And so, Orsolini could be the perfect solution: someone who scores, who dribbles, who can take responsibility.
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Watch out for Lazio, though. The biancoceleste club is also in a similar situation since at the moment there is only Isaksen, with Tchaouna who has seemed a bit immature; indeed, in Rome ‘Orsonaldo’ will have the chance to take a starting shirt and play for a place with the Dane. Marco Baroni is ready to change the team’s skin, and a graft with Orsolini’s profile would be perfect: technical, experienced, and willing to take a starring role.
And then there is Naples. Here an interesting discourse opens up. Should Vincenzo Italiano, one who Riccardo is exalting properly, really arrive, then yes, Orsolini’s name would become hot again. In azzurro, the competition is called Politano, with David Neres, however, who can also play on the left. Here, too, the talent from Ascoli could really become a protagonist and make the Maradona crowd dream.
After scoring his goal, Orsolini was knocking on someone’s door. Perhaps Spalletti’s. 🇮🇹 https://t.co/7RaiKRHInh pic.twitter.com/iwUDgdHmHV
– Raffaele (@ItalianoCalcio) March 16, 2025
