Honda immediately, but only under certain conditions. Yesterday's hectic day seemed to bring the Japanese attacking midfielder to Allegri's court right now, but the games are not over yet, on the contrary…
“Milan know our position, they know what and how much we want – he declared in the evening Roman Babaev, director of CSKA Moscow. – If they want Honda they must respect the laws of the market, not have the conviction and presumption that since they are Milan we are ready to send them the player for free, already packed. We don't have the goal of selling him now, he will play with us until December. Many English clubs liked him and their offers were double what Milan offers us. The player wants to become a Rossoneri and we are ready to oblige him, but without discounts. And he knows that there are rules in the market and there is nothing free”. Harsh words, but they know a lot about pre-tactics. Why the negotiation to bring Japanese to Milan it immediately proceeds rapidly, and the signals arriving from the Russian capital (aside Babaev's statements) are rather positive.
First the Rossoneri can count on Honda's will, who has publicly expressed his desire to relocate. “I've played three good seasons here, but now I want a change of scenery and the club knows it. I don't know how the negotiations are going and if it's just a matter of money. In the winter, however, I will change team”. In that case he will do it on a free transfer, certainly not a good deal for CSKA. Who, not surprisingly, is looking for a solution with the Milan emissaries, who have flown to Moscow to negotiate to the bitter end.
Yesterday's meeting was positive: to help Via Turati there are some sponsors of the Japanese, rather interested in seeing their testimonial in Serie A rather than in the Russian Premier League. The offer thus rose to 3 million, against the 5 requested by CSKA. “The player wants to come at all costs, he's been a Rossoneri fan since he was a child – explained Galliani gleefully. – I think tomorrow's meeting will be decisive (today for the reader, ed), for now I can't add anything else”.
The market for Inter and Juventus is less freneticcurrently engaged on other fronts. On the corporate level, the Nerazzurri, who could soon witness the historic handover from the Moratti family to Erick Thohir, on the technical side, the Bianconeri, who are only missing a left winger, as well as a couple of important transfers.
These are very delicate days for the Inter ownership, who not surprisingly, despite being present on various official occasions (yesterday Massimo watched the 3-1 win against Vicenza), escapes any type of declaration. There will soon be a decisive meeting with the Indonesian tycoon (someone is already whispering today) in London, the headquarters of the respective law firms. The transfer of ownership (380 million for 75% of the shares) would give a change to the Inter transfer market, currently at a standstill and still far from completion.
The speech of Juve is different, which has already almost completed the incoming operations. To make Conte really happy, a left winger is missing, identified in Zuniga or, alternatively, in Biabiany and Kolarov. Before launching the decisive attack, however, Marotta has to sell, and the list of possible starters is quite long. They range from Matri (Napoli likes him) to Quagliarella (there are no new offers after the failed one from Norwich), passing through Isla (Inter is always on him) and Vucinic (Zenit St. Petersburg likes him) .
Decisive moments instead for Napoli, who want to buy the "new Cavani" as soon as possible. Almost faded Leandro Damiao, the goal is Gonzalo Higuain, for which an agreement has already been reached with Real Madrid. 37 million plus 3 in bonuses should go to the blancos, now only the Argentine's yes is missing. Which takes time, because he is not convinced by the proposal on image rights. De Laurentiis would like them to be sold totally to Napoli, the player, strong in important sponsors (above all Nike) does not think so. The solution could come from a two-year contract worth 5 million per season, which would leave Pipita with the proceeds of the American multinational, to be re-discussed later, once obligations with the same have run out.
