Matteo Darmian Set to Train With Bologna on Trial
The club will assess the 36-year-old’s fitness after months without a team to decide on a possible short-term signing to cover Emil Holm’s planned surgery layoff.
Overview
- Italian reports, citing Gianluca Di Marzio via Football Italia, say Darmian is due to join Bologna training on a trial basis with a view to a permanent contract if he passes the club’s fitness checks.
- Bologna’s move follows news that right-back Emil Holm requires hamstring surgery and faces a multi-month absence, leaving the squad short at right-back.
- Darmian has been a free agent since his Inter contract expired on June 30 and did not announce retirement after a six-year spell in Milan with 218 appearances and multiple domestic titles.
- Fitness is the central issue because Darmian missed much of the 2025–26 season with a calf injury and has spent several months out of competitive football.
- Bologna will use upcoming sessions to decide whether to register Darmian as short-term cover; no contract or official club confirmation has been released and the outcome depends on those assessments.