Mino Raiola, Pogba's powerful agent, has already achieved a first result: seating Juventus and Manchester United at the same table. It will happen in the coming days, in a meeting requested and organized by Raiola himself, who wants Juve to listen to the Red Devils' official proposal. An important step, because for the first time rumors will become facts. And real money put on the table. United will start from a basic offer of around 100 million, to which another 20-25 million linked to bonuses would be added. The player, on the other hand, has already received a proposal (immediately taken into consideration): 13 million net per season. An answer will come from Turin (probably negative also to raise the bar), but in fact the negotiation exists.
PJACA TO JUVE FOR 22,5 MILLION
Meanwhile, Marko Pjaca is a new Juventus player: the Bianconeri have found an agreement with Dinamo Zagreb and will pay 22,5 million to bring the young Croatian talent to Turin, who will sign a five-year contract for around two million a season. Pjaca could arrive in Italy on Thursday to undergo medical examinations and sign the contract.
NAPLES: DE LAURENTIIS CALMS ON HIGUAIN AND WORKS FOR THE RENEWAL OF HAMSIK
The Neapolitan square has calmed down, at least for the moment, regarding Higuain: "Chat is zero" – De Laurentiis said on Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli -, Gonzalo has another two years of contract, if no one were to show up with the amount equal to the his release clause will clearly remain at Napoli. There are not many teams able to cover that amount. Then we also have to see if Higuain will want to betray this love that he swore to the Neapolitans. At the moment, since he hasn't spoken and hasn't expressed himself, this situation that has arisen is just a lot of talk. Gonzalo will arrive in Dimaro on July 25th”.
ADL must now resolve the Hamsik issue. His agent, Juraj Venglos, arrived at Dimaro's retirement, with whom he spoke to lay the foundations for a renewal until 2020.
On the arrivals front, David Santon's transfer to the Azzurri was canceled: an agreement was reached with Inter (definitive transfer for four million plus a bonus), the defender did not pass his medical due to knee problems operated some time ago and the Napoli medical staff immediately notified the management who blocked the operation.
MILAN: THE CHINESE WANT 100% OF THE SOCIETY
The Milan market is still blocked, even if the most important news comes from the corporate front. The Chinese consortium, which initially had to acquire 80% of AC Milan, would instead intend to take over all the shares (just over 99%, with the exception of the few shares in the hands of small shareholders), paying an amount of approximately 500 million euros (excluding debts equal to 240 million). Berlusconi is thinking about it, and Adriano Galliani wanted to talk about this in the meeting held on Monday afternoon in Arcore.
Reiterated the will not to invest money in the transfer market (Milan will have to self-finance their purchases, and until the affair is unblocked Bacca Galliani cannot close the Musacchio and Zielinski operations, but Napoli are very interested in the latter). the AC Milan president is considering the possibility of a total sale, also to avoid problems related to "dual management" in the next two years. The signing of the preliminary contract, therefore, seems destined to be postponed to next week or early August.
LAZIO: PROPERTY COULD ARRIVE AS AN EXPENSIVE LOAN
Lazio are also trying to take a few steps on the market. Lotito is negotiating with Sevilla to bring Ciro Immobile to Rome: the two companies are negotiating for a onerous loan (cost one million) with a redemption set at €8. Immobile would be the right alternative after the problems encountered to get to Enner Valencia. Meanwhile, Lazio is also continuing to work on Belgian full-back Jordan Lukaku from Ostend.
ROME: SPALLETTI WANTS TO RETAIN DZEKO AND MANOLAS
Roma, for the moment not very active in terms of new arrivals (the last ones were Mario Rui and Juan Jesus), are keeping close to the players who could potentially receive offers, such as Manolas and Dzeko. And he did it through the words of Luciano Spalletti, convinced more than ever to focus on them: “I spoke to Manolas, I still want him in my Rome and let's not joke about this. He has physical superpower that sometimes goes further, he always looks for something more, but he is a player on whom Roma can build. And I want Dzeko to remain our centre-forward."
INTER-NAPLES: AUCTION FOR CANDREVA
Inter's pursuit of Candreva continues. Inter's offer (18 million plus 2 bonus) is far from that of Napoli (23), but the player's agent Pastorello has already "rejected" the Azzurri, guilty of not offering the player a suitable contract. The ball passes to Lotito, a client usually not easy to deal with, and who, not surprisingly, had opened the doors to Napoli precisely by virtue of a better offer.
VENTURA PRESENTED IN COVERCIANO
Meanwhile, the new coach of the national team, Giampiero Ventura, was presented in Coverciano. It's up to him to inherit Antonio Conte's legacy and take Italy to the World Cup in Russia scheduled in two years' time: “I can't wait to start this new adventure, I thank Conte for leaving me a team with a culture of work. We'll start again from the excellent European Championship we played, then patiently we'll try to include the many quality young players in our football who are on the launch pad. When there is organized football, the details can be improved. What Conte did in a short time is important. Then I can dedicate myself to the details and from here the hope of being able to do very well is born. Conte's Italy was determined and fierce. I'll try to make it exciting too."
