Federico Ravaglia, Bologna's 26-year-old goalkeeper, has told the club he wants to leave this summer, pushing for a transfer to Torino rather than continue as understudy to Bartłomiej Skorupski. Ravaglia spoke directly with sporting director Giovanni Sartori and made his position clear: he has an agreement in principle with the granata and will not accept another season on the bench.

The timing sharpens the dilemma for Vincenzo Italiano's Bologna. A club already navigating a complicated window — with Jhon Lucumí attracting Juventus, and inbound negotiations with Rangers for Nico Raskin — now faces the prospect of losing a goalkeeper who has contributed meaningfully when called upon. Ravaglia's average rating of 7.10 across 17 Serie A appearances this season is not the number of a player who has struggled with his opportunities. It is the number of a player who has made the most of limited ones, and knows it.

Bologna finished the 2025-26 Serie A campaign in eighth place with 55 points from 37 matches — a record of 16 wins, seven draws and 14 defeats, with 46 goals scored and 43 conceded. That defensive balance, modest but functional, was maintained in part by Ravaglia's reliability in the matches Skorupski did not play. The problem, from Ravaglia's perspective, is that reliability without regularity does not build a career at 26.

The move to Torino would give him exactly what Bologna cannot: a starting role. For a goalkeeper at the age where positional habits and match rhythm become defining, the calculus is straightforward. Ravaglia has an AI overall rating of 68 with a potential ceiling of 72 — numbers that suggest a player still developing, still capable of meaningful improvement, but only if given the consistent exposure to do so.

Bologna's response will determine how this resolves. Sartori has built a reputation for extracting value from outgoing transfers rather than simply accommodating departures, and Ravaglia — with a clear destination and evident market — gives the club something to work with. Whether they negotiate a fee with Torino or dig in and risk losing leverage as the window progresses is the operational question.

What is not in question is Ravaglia's intent. He has made his position known through the proper channels, named his destination, and declined to perform the usual theatre of public loyalty while privately agitating. That directness, whatever its outcome, is the clearest statement of his ambitions yet.