Cremonese, flag lowered: Michele Castagnetti to Cesena
Cremonese soccer market: as Davide Nicola’s team dreams of Jamie Vardy’s arrival, an important grigiorossa flag of recent years is being lowered. Indeed, the Lombard club has announced the departure of Michele Castagnetti, who was sold to Cesena after seven seasons and more than 200 games for the team that has just returned to Serie A.
“U.S. Cremonese – writes the club in an official note – announces that it has definitively sold the rights to the sports performance of the player Michele Castagnetti to the club Cesena FC. This closes one of the most important and long-lived chapters in the recent history of the grigiorossa: the midfielder from Emilia, in Cremona since the summer of 2018, was the first movement player to surpass 200 appearances in a Cremo jersey from the 2000s to the present, in addition to living as a protagonist the promotions to Serie A in 2022 and 2025”.
“Throughout his experience in the’shadow of the Torrazzo– Cremonese continues in its farewell to Castagnetti– he has established himself as one of the best performers in Serie B in the role of director, also becoming a reference point for his teammates on and especially off the field, wearing the captain”.
“In total, he played 222 games in grigiorosso (27 of them in Serie A), scoring 11 goals and 23 assists: from the goal against Juve Stabia in last year’s playoff semifinal to the feats from distance against Frosinone, Virtus Entella and Venezia, there are many unforgettable moments that will remain etched in the memory of Cremo fans. The grigiorosso club thanks Michele for the great professionalism shown in these years and wishes him the best personal satisfaction” are the words with which Castagnetti’s long adventure at Cremonese ends.
