A hot market. Not even the time to close the season that the clubs are already unleashed at the negotiating table, in an attempt to strengthen their respective squads in view of the new round of waltz. Not everyone has the same priorities, for obvious reasons: however, the market spares no one, neither those who have won nor those who want to do it again. The past week featured the Milan, even if the titles did not concern a new purchase, but a new owner. Gerry Cardinal he made his entry into the Rossoneri world confirming the current staff, therefore Paolo Maldini and Riky Massara, but now is the time to buy some reinforcements capable of increasing the competitiveness of an already valid but certainly improvable squad.
The priority, given the now certain farewell of Kessié, is a central midfielder and the identikit corresponds to Renato Sanches, for some time on the notebook of the board of Via Aldo Rossi. The Portuguese has already given his consent to the transfer, now we need to convince Lille to "settle" for 12 million: Jorge Mendes is at work, thanks to his contract expiring in 2023. Sanches might not be the only one to leave the French for come to Milan: he's also in the sights bottomman, already covered in the January transfer market, considered perfect to complete the pack of central defenders (but watch out for competition from Newcastle). However, the name that warms the fans' imagination the most is that of Zaniolo, considered by Maldini to be ideal for reinforcing the right wing.
"I don't know anything about it, but it would be wonderful" winked Nicolò's agent, turning on the green light for the negotiation, bound however to an agreement with Roma which does not seem simple: the Giallorossi, in fact, evaluate him no less than 50 million, they also don't like the Saelemaekers counterpart. We will talk about it again, in the meantime, however, Cardinale must beware of the assaults of the tops of Europe on his big names, Leao above all. Real Madrid likes the Portuguese a lot, but a Milan that dreams of returning to compete in the Champions League cannot do without him, so we will need to find a way to convince him to renew his contract, which in any case expires in 2025.
The negotiations of Inter
If the Italian champions are at work, the others are no joke, Inter and Juventus above all. THE Nerazzurri the couple dream Dybala-Lukaku, with the awareness that the undertaking is difficult, but not impossible. The Argentine now seems close to signing the contract (first Marotta must formalize the transfer of Sanchez to Sevilla), the Belgian however is decidedly more complicated, because Chelsea paid him 112 million and have no intention of giving him away. However, the will of the player is clear, so much so that he is willing to halve his salary in order to return: the factor is not the only one that counts, mind you, but it is certainly very important and can force the English to sit down at the table, perhaps opening to a loan on favorable terms.
The nerazzurri want to raise the technical rate of the team, which is why they are targeting Mkhitaryan, considered perfect to alternate with Calhanoglu. The Armenian, whose contract is about to expire, has already given his consent to the transfer, refusing the proposal to renew Roma, not so much for an economic question (the figures are the same), but for the desire to end his career playing for Champions League. However, there won't be only joys in the Inter market: once again this year, in fact, Marotta will be forced to make one or two excellent transfers and the suspects, in strict order of probability, are Sticks, Lautaro e Stretcher, with the first "favorite" by virtue of Conte's court, decided to take him to Tottenham to reassemble the left wing together with Perisic (but there is also Manchester United).
The Juventus negotiations
The first reinforcement for the club could come from Old Trafford Juventus, now close to embrace again Paul Pogba. The Frenchman has already said goodbye to the Red Devils and is ready to return to the Juventus base, which remained in his heart even in previous years: the signing seems to be imminent, also because the PSG, another historic pretender, no longer has Leonardo as their director, which froze all negotiations. The other big name circulating in Juve is that of Of Maria, considered perfect by Allegri both for his indisputable technical skills and for his experience and winning mentality. The problem is that Fideo only wants a one-year contract for 7,5 million net, while the Bianconeri would like a two-year contract to take advantage of the Growth Decree: the parties are working to find an agreement, but the white smoke, at the moment, is not there is.
With Pogba and Di Maria Juve would have scored two very important blows, however the black and white restoration would certainly not stop there. To begin with, you need to replace Chiellini: the dream is Koulibaly, whose future in Naples is far from certain (however the prosecutor blocked everything, waiting to speak with De Laurentiis), while the Bremer track seems to have cooled down, poised between Inter (if Bastoni leaves) and the usual Tottenham (if Bastoni does not leave).
Allegri then needs a deputy Vlahovic, given that Morata, unless there is a big discount from Atletico Madrid (which, however, is not there at the moment), will not be redeemed: the hottest name is that of Muriel, while Arnautovic should stay in Bologna with Mihajlovic. Attention also to Molina from Udinese, who could replace Alex Sandro, and Acerbi from Lazio, considered perfect to complete the central pack. Naples, Rome and Lazio, at the moment, are mainly watching, so the other news comes mainly from the unleashed Monza (Galliani dreams of Belotti, Candreva, Sensi and Frog) and from Salernitana, where after the sensational farewell of Sabatini (differences with Iervolino on the commissions of some agents) comes the renewal of Nicola, who has convinced himself to sign a two-year deal despite the expulsion of the sports director who had wanted him.
