Up to now, everything can be said except that Mazzarri has been able to count on a top-level transfer campaign. The arrivals of Icardi and Belfodil represent a good investment for the future, Campagnaro and Andreolli two intelligent free-transfer additions, but the backbone remains the same. However, something is moving, and in the last few hours two players are closer to the Nerazzurri shirt, Rolando and Wallace. It's true that these are not names capable of boosting season tickets, but the Nerazzurri's summer has to deal with an economic situation that is anything but florid and with the push and pull of the transfer of quotas from Moratti to Thohir which it has still come to a turning point.
Rolando, defender of Porto, is one of the additions identified and requested by Mazzarri, who coached him last year in Naples. His experience in blue is nothing striking, but he would still be a good replacement for the injured Samuel. The formula will be that of the loan, with the right of redemption already set at four million. The player could land in Milan in the next few hours. The confirmation came from agent Peppino Tirri, the defender's representative for Italy, who told Fcinternews.it: “Rolando is a good player, given what is out there in Europe at the moment. The credit goes to Marco Branca: he was the one who brought the deal to fruition. The relationship with Pinto da Costa, the president of Porto, made the difference ”.
As for the 19-year-old Chelsea winger, Wallace, however, the confirmation came from none other than Josè Mourinho: “I spoke to Inter and I can say that they are very interested. If in the end it happens, I wish the best for the player and for Inter. We have various young players in the squad and they can't all stay – added the Blues coach -. This is why there is a concrete possibility that Wallace will go to Inter. Branca and Mazzarri know him, I have spoken to them and I can say that both are very interested in the player. He is the typical Brazilian full back, proactive and good at offending."
There is also news regarding the sale of shares in the company by Moratti to Thohir. The Nerazzurri's number one himself took stock of the situation, speaking to journalists at the end of the Saras board of directors meeting: “The signing immediately after August XNUMXth? Before finalizing the agreement with Thohir, we need to reach agreement on everything. We have a few days of interference due to holidays. Closing is done when you agree on everything, after mid-August we will continue to talk. There are still some things pending. Problems with corporate positions? No, there isn't any kind of problem there, nor has the problem ever arisen, either from me or from anyone else. It's a complex thing, so it needs to be reviewed and everything is done well. Will Leonardo come back? He has never talked about it, nor has there ever been any contact, I think ”.
Moratti then also spoke about the market and the reinforcements to give to Mazzarri: “Well, I'm careful too. We are trying to complete the workforce also seeing the team. We want to respond to the needs that can be glimpsed by seeing the team play. We will do it with the same spirit, the same desire and passion, and the same desire to have a team ready to compete to win the championship."
Even at Milan there are those who expect some gifts from the transfer market. It is about Massimiliano Allegri, who after closing the American tour with third place in the Guiness Cup, will now have to concentrate on the Champions League preliminary, scheduled in less than two weeks: "We have to recover many players from a physical point of view - said Allegri after last night's 2-0 win against Los Angeles Galaxy – then let's see what the transfer market will bring between now and September 2nd…”. The coach hopes for it and Adriano Galliani also believes in it, king of the last minute transfer market in recent years.
The hot names are always those of Honda and Ljajic, despite the apparent halt to negotiations on one side (Honda) and the possible renewal of the contract on the other (Ljajic). The Japanese has long ago let CSKA Moscow managers know that he wants to go to Milan, and in the worst case scenario he will do so in January, when he will be released on a free transfer. For Ljajic, however, the matter is more complex, since Fiorentina do not want to repeat another Montolivo case (the player did not renew with the Viola and went to Milan on a free transfer the following year), and will put the Serbian from faced with a crossroads: either he will accept the renewal of the contract (the Della Valles are ready to offer him 1,5 million a year, more than double the current salary), or he will end up on the market, but only abroad, effectively putting a veto against Milan similar to the "anti-Juve" one already experienced in the Jovetic affair.
On the Rossoneri front, in the meantime, Balotelli's condition needs to be assessed, having returned from the United States with a muscle problem in his calf, while the nagging with Juventus continues. After a joke from Allegri (“Juve lacks a bit of humour”), Nedved replied, who said: “We take everything seriously and in any case we don't want to be nice, we want to be winners. This is our creed." And to be so in Turin they know that Conte has long since asked for a lateral, with Zuniga at the top of the wish list. Nothing has been done for now, but if Napoli were to strengthen with Ibarbo and Nainggolan (expressly requested by De Laurentiis to Cellino), they could decide to free up the winger by collecting an amount between 15 and 20 million euros.
Gervinho's arrival at Roma is official. The Ivorian striker, coming from Arsenal, after training for a few days in Trigoria while waiting for the documents to complete his transfer to the yellow and reds, left for Washington, where he will join the team in anticipation of the friendly against Chelsea on Saturday next.
