Inter fans must mark this date on their calendars: 3 September 2013. It will, in all likelihood, be the day on which the Moratti era will end and the new Erick Thohir ownership will start. The law firms of the two parties (Jones Day for the buyers, Cleary Gottlieb on the Italian front) are arranging the final details, and the protagonists will meet again shortly. The Indonesian tycoon, with a vehicle company set up with his compatriot Roeslani, will acquire two thirds of the Nerazzurri shares for the sum of 350 million (including debts, which amount to around 200 million), practically becoming the new owner of Inter, also if Massimo Moratti will remain a minority shareholder as guarantor of the operation, with his son Angelomario who will probably become the new executive vice-president. In the coming days there will be further contacts between the parties, pending Thohir's return to Milan scheduled for the first days of September.
On the market front, having removed Belfodil from the starting list with an official press release, the Nerazzurri management has two hot names on the agenda: Borriello and Eto'o. Open speech with Roma (provided that Borriello doesn't give in to English sirens, with West Ham and Fulham strongly interested), also with regard to another player: Marquinho. A different and far more complicated match for the great ex, whose salary (10 million a year) is definitely too high. Eto'o should accept a 60% reduction, a rather remote hypothesis considering that there are teams (Chelsea and Manchester United) willing to satisfy him in all respects. Mourinho wants him back with him in London, but if Rooney were to arrive at that point, United would need a first striker like the Cameroonian.
Pjanic will not move from Roma: his agent, Michele Gerbino, assured him, who said: "Miralem will not move, he is and will remain a Roma player". Averted the transfer to Tottenham, which now seems to have decided to bet everything on Lamela. The closing of the deal is now one step away on the basis of 35 million euros. The indispensable offer came from Franco Baldini (joined by the player's agents in Madrid, where he went to complete Bale's transfer to Real on the basis of 109 million euros in cash, without the inclusion of Coentrao as a counterpart) and to these conditions Roma do not seem to be able to resist, while the player, for his part, is happy to sign a four-year contract worth 4 million a year.
Walter Sabatini is already ready to reinvest Lamela's money to try to strengthen Roma even more. The first name on the list is that of Demba Ba, the French-Senegalese striker of Chelsea, closed in Mourinho's team by Fernando Torres and Lukaku, 15 goals last season wearing the Newcastle shirt before and then Chelsea. The most natural substitute for Lamela would instead be Nani, a Portuguese attacking winger who however is no longer able to find a place in Manchester United.
Milan is watching with great interest what is happening in Florence on the Ljajic front. Yesterday evening, during the presentation of the team to the fans, the Serbian attacker was loudly booed by the fans at the Fiesole curve, sanctioning a break that was already in the air. The square in Florence does not forgive the attacker's push and pull, whose meeting with Cognini for a possible renewal continues to slip. Ljajic wants to leave (Montella said "He's a young boy and is affected by market rumors"), Milan remains the most probable destination, and after the second leg of the Champions League playoff Galliani will try to close both for him and for Honda.
In the meantime, from the Netherlands, there is talk of Milan's courtship of the Danish talent of Ajax, Christian Eriksen. If the Rossoneri pass the playoff against PSV – writes Die Telegraaf – Galliani will make an offer of 10 million for the attacking midfielder.
In attack, however, Allegri would have far too many players, and important departures such as those of Boateng or Robinho are not excluded (despite the recent contract renewal), while Genoa made a survey to bring one of Niang and Saponara to the rossoblu. Relations between Preziosi and Galliani are excellent and if the conditions were right it wouldn't be difficult to close the negotiations quickly.
An important market summit was held in Castelvolturno between the president Aurelio de Laurentiis, the sporting director Riccardo Bigon and Rafa Benitez. Above all there was talk of forwards and the imminent arrival in Italy of Nicolas Castillo's agent, a XNUMX-year-old Chilean from the Universidad Catolica who has long been in the sights of the Neapolitans, could be a clue about the Neapolitans' market choices.
The priority remains the winger: Jackson Martinez of Porto has faded, two names remain on the notebook: Duvan Zapata of Estudiantes and Alessandro Matri of Juventus. The Colombian is the favorite at the moment, despite the denials of the Argentine club. There is also interest from Sassuolo, but in Naples they want to avoid unnecessary and expensive auctions. Outgoing, on the other hand, it's now almost done for Gamberini's move to Genoa. The defender has decided to accept the court of Preziosi. In Liguria he would take the place of Granqvist (sold to the Russians of Krasnodar), in the center of defence.
Juventus need to sell: an international auction is raging for Fabio Quagliarella. In addition to Norwich, who remain interested, the duel at the moment seems to be between West Ham and Zico's Al-Gharafa. Ziegler's move to Sassuolo is official, Inter's courtship continues for Isla, while Udinese is looking for Marrone. The Matri question remains open: Napoli awaits an answer, in the background also Rome and Milan.
The news has arrived from Germany that Robert Lewandowski will leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of this season. “This is my last season with the Dortmund shirt – said the Polish striker himself, expiring in June -. What happened this winter (when it seemed like a rich renewal could arrive, then postponed, ed) embittered me, I have always said that I would respect my contract". Guardiola's Bayern Munich remains in pole position, which seemed to be one step away from Lewandowski already last May.
