A crazy market. The official opening on January 3rd is still several weeks away but the best deals, as we know, are created much earlier. After all, this is the time to think about what's going and what's not going, both to run for cover in winter and to plan for the future in summer. In both cases, Milan seems to be the club most in need of intervention, but also the one with the most uncertain prospects: injuries make the January transfer market almost mandatory, but the imminent match with UEFA (Tuesday 20) could almost completely eliminate it. Leonardo awaits Nyon's decisions, meanwhile he is gearing up to be ready in the event of a green light: the first name on the list is that of Ibrahimovic, considered the ideal striker to reinforce a department that, at the moment, can only count on Cutrone and Higuain. Speaking of Pipita: incredibly, he too has returned to being a market man. Yeah, why the Argentine's malaise in playing in a team that is too far from his expectations is clear and the denials of his brother-agent, if possible, highlight it even more.
It is unlikely, if not impossible, that Higuain will be able to pack his bags as early as January, much more probable instead that he will leave in June even if Milan, it should be remembered, will still have to exercise the redemption obligation towards Juve (36 million). . Sarri would welcome him with open arms and even Chelsea, blocking the market permitting (watch out for the Football Leaks affair), could come to meet the coach who is so popular in the Premier League. However, Conte could change the scenarios. Fairly well-founded rumors say that Gazidis, the new Rossoneri manager close to his arrival, would have already blocked him for next year and Antonio's words ("I don't take teams in the running, I prefer to wait for the summer and start a new project") fuel the fire further. The former coach could heal Higuain's stomach ache with all due respect to the "poor" Gattuso, whose long-term (as well as short-term, for that matter) confirmation is only linked to exceptional results. To reach them, or at least try, Rino will however need a large repair market and Ibra alone would not be enough. They need a defender and at least two midfielders, there's no rain on this and Leonardo, Uefa permitting, will try to satisfy him. Rugani, Benatia, Rodrigo Caio, Paredes, Rabiot and Diawara, here it is the notebook of the Brazilian: expensive, of course, but that's another story. Inter don't have these problems, ready to welcome Marotta with much more relaxing intentions.
The future CEO will have to do nothing sensational in January, in June instead, thanks to the end of the UEFA restrictions, he will be able to move with much more freedom, without however losing sight of the budget, an aspect dear to Suning. Marotta will try to raise Inter's competitiveness with that mix of established players (Modric?) and quality young players (Tonali?) who both it served the "first" Juve, but first they will need around fifty million in capital gains and, therefore, at least one sacrifice. Juve's situation is even better, now launched in the new Agnelli-Paratici line: buying world-famous top players. CR7 has opened a road from which there is no turning back, at least in the immediate future, it is no coincidence that names circulate in Turin (Pogba and Marcelo above all) that would make you smile if it weren't for the aforementioned precedent. However, it is clear that Juventus' strategies will depend above all on the Champions League, which is destined to leave a mark on players and coach. At the moment, Allegri is firmly at the helm but the possible conquest of the Cup and/or the eighth consecutive Scudetto (fifth for him) could close the cycle: Zidane, after all, would be the ideal figure to start another…
