"I'm staying at City". Guardiola's stance leaves no room for interpretations of any kind and freezes the Juventus hypothesis, which was plan A of the black and white club in the event that City were definitively excluded from the Champions League. In the end Juve chose Sarri as new coach. Of course, all this waiting doesn't help to sweep away the rumors but looking closely, he has some rather convincing reasons: Maurizio is under contract with Chelsea and Agnelli, as a good Eca president, has no intention of forcing his hand.
Awaiting the official announcement (because that's all that's missing) there is a market that is moving and preparing to give away various "barrels". Staying at Juve, for example, there is a great deal of activism in all departments, starting with defense: the protagonist DeLigt, for which his agent Raiola denied his move to PSG as a fact. If he fails to bring home the young Dutchman, Juve would focus on the Brazilian Marquinhos, for years on Paratici's notebook. Sarri likes the former Roma very much (he would have also wanted him at Chelsea) and would complete the department together with Chiellini, Bonucci, Rugani, Demiral (immediately in black and white, unlike Romero who will remain on loan in Genoa) and Benatia, ready to return after the golden exile of Qatar.
The rest of the programs are known: one-two big players in midfield (Pogba, Milinkovic-Savic and Zaniolo favorites, also pay attention to Tonali), a prestige tip (watch out for Icardi, we'll talk about that in a moment) and brand new side lanes, up front (Church) and behind (Emerson Palmieri and Trippier). Yesterday then the news of the purchase of Traoré from Empoli (15 million), even if the young midfielder will be loaned to Sassuolo (favourite) or Cagliari. Obviously, all of this will have to be financed with sales, which is why, once the coach has been made official, it will be time to put the various players on the market. Cancel it (Manchester City), Alex Sandro (PSG or Manchester United) and…Dybala.
Yes, because as far as we know, the exchange hypothesis with Inter for Icardi it is far from over, on the contrary: the deal would be convenient for both companies both for technical and budgetary reasons, by virtue of a double capital gain that would really come in handy. However, it was Maurito himself who blocked everything, determined to make life difficult for Inter. Let's be clear: Juve would be a very welcome solution for him and that's where, barring twists and turns, he'll go to play. However, the desire to spite Marotta is all there, as evidenced by the departure for the holidays with Wanda Nara right now that his future is being defined. Certainly he is not part of Conte's plans, determined to build an attack with Dzeko, Dybala, Lautaro Martinez and Lukaku. The Belgian came out into the open after the match against Scotland (brace for him), revealing his Nerazzurri ambitions to the world: "I've already made a decision that I can't communicate yet out of respect for Manchester United, for me Conte is the best coach in the world, it's a good thing he went to Inter”.
Now it's up to Marotta, who after reaching an agreement with the player (8 million salary) will have to do the same with the English club. The valuation is 70 million, a lot but not too many, especially if it were part of the deal Perisic, in the past pursued right around Old Trafford. He's also on the starting list Nainggolan but here the only solution seems to be China, the only one willing to pay the 29 million that Inter need.
Slowly the Milan, now close to defining the executive pool. In addition to those already present Gazidis (CEO) e Maldini (technical director), they will come Boban (he will deal with Lega and Uefa) e Massara (sports director), without forgetting Giampaolo, the man to whom to entrust the bench that belonged to Gattuso. But since the players then go onto the field, the first moves are made in that direction as well.
The first purchase of the new course is to krunic, taken from Empoli for 8 million plus bonuses. The Bosnian (4-year contract) won't be the only reinforcement in midfield: he should also arrive shortly Sensi, very close to leaving Sassuolo for 15 million. Tracks should also be monitored Veretout (about him also Rome and Atalanta), Lovren (Liverpool) and Mancini (Atalanta), while Stretcher, at the moment, it seems to be only a suggestion given his agreement already reached with Inter. With Cagliari, if anything, there could be an axis on goalkeepers Cragno e Plizzari, all the more if Donnarumma were to go to Manchester United. The other excellent supply concerns Suso, who have been in talks with Atletico Madrid for some time even if Simeone considers the release clause of 40 million too high.
Shot in sight also for the Napoli, decided to give himself away James Rodriguez: the Colombian, returning to Real Madrid after his loan at Bayern Munich, is liked by Ancelotti for technical reasons and De Laurentiis for environmental reasons. Everything to be defined instead at home Roma: Fonseca has arrived, but now we need to put our hands on the team, especially since the transfers (Dzeko and Kolarov above all, watch out for Manolas), as always, will be on the agenda. Closure dedicated to Buffon e Batistuta: the former could choose Porto to continue playing, the latter return to Florence as manager in Commisso's new Viola (Pradé will be the sporting director, with Marino at Udinese).
