Juventus calls, Barcelona answers. For once the roles would seem to have reversed: it is not the Blaugrana club that is making the big voice on the market but the "penta-scudetto" lady. From Catalunya there are persistent rumors about a transfer to black and white for Mascherano and Dani Alves, ready to sign a contract that would bind them to Juventus for the next 3 years.
Barça promptly denied the news but the well-informed maintain that it is not a boutade, indeed the operations would already be in a rather advanced stage. The Argentine, a midfielder transformed (with excellent results) into a central defender, would have given the go-ahead for the transfer just like the Brazilian, ready to free himself even on a free transfer using a unilateral termination clause.
Barcelona's intentions remain to be understood (especially regarding Mascherano, under contract until 2018) but certainly the operations are teasing: the two are not young (the Argentine is 32 years old, the Brazilian is 33) but they have a profile of the highest level and would give further luster to an already competitive squad.
Today will also be a fundamental day on the Ibrahimovic front, ready to shed light, perhaps definitively, on his future. At 11.15 Zlatan will present himself in front of the microphones of Swedish journalists for a press conference which, most likely, will go beyond the classic field questions.
General interest will be focused on him and almost certainly on a future with the Manchester United shirt, which has offered him 15 million a season on input from Mourinho, the next coach of the Red Devils. Barring sensational (not to say incredible) twists, therefore, Milan will not be Ibra's team: an economic question but also a technical one.
On the other hand, AC Milan are experiencing a moment of great confusion, strongly conditioned by the negotiation that Berlusconi has started with the Chinese consortium to sell the club.
“Thirty years is a long time, I've given a lot to Milan and now I've decided to find serious people with capital – explained the president. – I have to pass the hand to someone who is able to bring the club back to the top, it's not just a question of how much money will be paid to Fininvest but also, if not above all, of what will be placed on the team. We are trying to speed up operations in order to then be able to move on the market, in any case they want me to stay another 3 years and become the director of the next signings".
If anyone had doubts, now it's served: the transfer of Milan is close, perhaps even imminent. A bit like the entry of the Suning group into Inter but here, at least according to the rumors, times could be longer. And so the Nerazzurri market will necessarily have to deal with Financial Fair Play, as told by the vice president Zanetti.
“We have to be careful – explained the Argentine. – We can't rule out some transfers but we will work to ensure that the team is competitive and a protagonist". The suspects are Handanovic and Brozovic, both eager to play in the Champions League and therefore ready to leave Inter, but Murillo's name should not be excluded either, a player who would guarantee a substantial capital gain. Closure dedicated to Turin and Lazio, clubs already very excited about next season. The grenades have formalized the arrival of Mihajlovic on their bench (contract until 2019), the biancocelesti are about to do the same with Prandelli, whose announcement is now only a formality.
