After weeks of back and forth Milan and Sampdoria closed two important signings on Sunday evening. The young defender Alessio Romagnoli is officially a new AC Milan player. Meanwhile the Sampdoria find agreement for the return of Antonio Cassano, strongly desired by the Dorian president Massimo Ferrero.
ROMAGNOLI TO MILAN: THE FIGURES OF THE AGREEMENT
Yesterday's meeting between the Giallorossi manager Walter Sabatini and the Milan ad Adriano Galliani finally led to white smoke. The two market men met in Versilia and after about an hour and a half they reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of the player to Mihajlovic's court. Milan will disburse 25 million euros plus another 5 in bonuses. A cross between the 25 million Galliani and the 30 requested by Rome. Now Milan is concentrating on the upcoming negotiations and on the other objective of the August transfer market: the return of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
CASSANO: RETURN TO SAMP WITH CLAUSE
The other market hit of the weekend was recorded by the younger of the two Genoa teams: la Sampdoria. Yesterday shortly after noon the signing of Antonio Cassano in the presence of Blucerchiato diesse Carlo Osti and the lawyer Beppe Bozzo. The player from Bari has signed a contract until 30 June 2017. He will receive 680 euros plus a possible 120 euros in bonuses should he reach the ambitious goal of 15 goals and assists. Furthermore, the president and coach, the latter not too happy with the arrival of the forward from Bari, took precautions with a "anti-cassanate" clause. It is a private agreement between the club and the player with which the club reserves the right to terminate the contract in the event of any excesses by Bari Vecchia's talent relating to the choices of coach Zenga.
INTER: MANCINI PRAISES GNOUKOURI BUT ASKS FOR NEW ACCOUNTS
On the Inter front, some positive notes after the 2-0 victory in the friendly against the Basques of Athletic Bilbao. But the technician Mancini he still wants further reinforcements for his technical project. For the Jesi coach, one player per department is needed. In defense the aim is for a new full-back who will have to replace the departing Nagatomo and D'Ambrosio. The name at the top of the list is that of Mimmo Criscito. In midfield we keep looking Felipe Melo. The former Viola is at odds with Galatasaray and wants to close with the Nerazzurri soon.
His purchase could be, however, yet another useless coup market for the 'Inter since his median of the future already has it at home and is called Gnoukouri, born in '96, author of a good performance against Athletic Bilbao. Mancini said that if he were at Porto, the biancoblù would sell him for 35 million euros, so what's the point of buying a new midfielder if you already have a potential champion in your squad? Going back to the Inter negotiations, the names for the attack are always the same: Perotti from Genoa and Perisic from Wolfsburg, but he'll have to leave first Shaqiri, ever closer to landing in the Premier League. Yesterday the Swiss was spotted in the stands at the Britannia Stadium where the match between Stoke City and Liverpool was played (match won by the Reds 0-1).
Inter could sell him for an amount close to 17 million euros. With this transfer campaign, Inter are on paper among the favorites for the race for the Scudetto, as Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta said himself, who is grappling with the latest deals to deliver Allegri a squad worthy of Juventus' goals : fifth consecutive Scudetto and Champions League dream.
JUVENTUS: SIQUEIRA ARRIVES, WORKING FOR THE ATTACK PLAYER
The deal should close in the next few hours siqueira. The former Udinese full-back will arrive at Allegri's court for a figure close to 9 million. It is a loan with compulsory redemption. 2 million will immediately go to Atletico Madrid and then the rest of the amount at the time of the player's redemption. The question related to the more complicated attacking midfielder. Many names on the turkey of Marotta and Paratici: from Draxler to Gotze, passing through Isco and Gundogan. The Borussia footballer is the new entry in the Juventus market list but also for the German of Turkish origin, the Dortmund team would have asked for 30 million euros. A figure too high for Marotta but as the days go by, Dortmund's request could go down. The market is still long and Allegri can wait.
