MANCHESTER UNITED, PRESSING ON VIDAL.
MILAN BETWEEN CERCI AND DZEMAILI, GREEN LIGHT FOR NAPLES FOR FELLAINI.
TAVECCHIO NEW PRESIDENT OF THE FIGC
At Juventus they are slowly entering the order of ideas that are very difficult Arturo Vidal next year he will play in the black and white shirt. Manchester United pressing, in fact, is getting tighter day by day, and Luis Van Gaal is betting everything on him to strengthen his team. Juventus' request is clear: offers of less than 50 million euros will not be taken into consideration. United knows this, but are trying to take advantage of the fact that Vidal has not yet been employed by Allegri during the summer friendlies due to the imperfect condition of the knee operated on shortly before the World Cup. A little trick to lower the offer, even if the real key to unlocking the negotiation has long been identified in the contract to be offered to the player. Vidal takes 5,5 million a year at Juventus, Manchester United offers him a contract worth 8 million a season. Difficult, if not impossible, to say no. The ball passes to Juve, which for its part will try to maximize the profit and then look for a replacement by the start of the championship.
AC Milan, who welcomed Milan to the two new signings Armero and Diego Lopez, keep looking for a couple of reinforcements to give to Filippo Inzaghi. Reinforcements already identified some time ago, namely Dzemaili for the midfield and Cerci for the attack.
As for the Swiss, 28 years old, Galliani is banking on the fact that his contract with Napoli it will expire in 2015 and he does not intend to renew it, in light of the little space he has had with Benitez. The offer to De Laurentiis for this reason will be made downwards, trusting in the player's will to change the scene. The negotiation to bring Alessio Cerci to Milanello promises to be more laborious. In this sense, the message launched by the president of Torino Urbano Cairo is quite clear: “It depends a lot on him – he explained -, for my part the desire to keep him is there. However, I certainly won't be the one to clip the wings of the players: the next ten to fifteen days will be decisive". The ones that will take us to the final rush of the transfer market. Alternatively, the name of Taarabt reappeared in via Aldo Rossi, not redeemed at the beginning of the summer by Qpr and now back in the Rossoneri orbit: “Taarabt? I think he wants to leave but if he doesn't want to stay here they have to pay him the right amount, he's not going to leave cheap,” Qpr manager Harry Redknapp said bluntly though.
THEInter, fresh from the defeat in the friendly match against Eintracht Frankfurtis questioning the need to include another defender in the squad, also to give Mazzarri a valid alternative to the starting trio formed by Ranocchia, Vidic and Juan Jesus. The name is that of Rolando, who has long been at loggerheads with Porto. The Portuguese has already tried to ask for the termination, but the response from the company was negative. Last month Inter offered 3,5 million euros to give Rolando to their coach against Porto's request for 5, a stance that stalled the deal. Porto, however, has recently made official the purchase of Ivan Marcano from Rubin Kazan, which could definitively push Rolando towards Inter. Ausilio constantly monitors the situation, and in the face of an offer of 4 million (a figure that Inter could obtain from the sales of Campagnaro to Sampdoria and Silvestre to Genoa) the deal can easily be concluded.
In the Roma house, the most important news of the day comes from the corporate front, because it has been made official the sale of Unicredit shares to Pallotta: as stated in the press release on the yellow and red club's website, Unicredit has sold to James Pallotta's As Roma Spv the entire stake it held in Neep Roma Holding, equal to 31%, for 33 million euros already paid. Pallotta thus becomes the owner of 100% of the shares of the Giallorossi company.
On the market front, the hot name is always that of Benatia. The latest offer came from Chelsea, willing to invest 38 million euros for the Moroccan centre-back, the latest market gift to give Mourinho a competitive squad for the league and Champions League. The issues relating to Ljajic and Destro should also be monitored, torn between the idea of relaunching in Rome or going to play abroad. Destro, in particular, received an offer from Wolfsburg, who would have offered him a contract worth three million a year, double what he gets in Rome. His first answer was "No, thank you", eager as he is to play in the Champions League and win back the national team.
Also important news on the Naples-Fellaini front, at least judging by the reconstruction made by the Daily Mail of the conversation between Van Gaal and some players considered redundant (in addition to Fellaini there are Rafael, Zaha, Nani, Kagawa and Keane) in the Red Devils: "In my Manchester there is no place for you, we listen to all offers because your future is not here”. A story that lasted less than a year and was destined to create a significant loss at United, which only paid him 32 million a year ago. The reasoning is on the basis of a loan that England would like to be expensive: 4,5 million for a year with help for the payment of the Belgian's rich salary (4 million a year). De Laurentiis would instead like to pay a maximum of 2,5.
The other important news of the day concerns the election of the president of the Football Federation. Carlo Tavecchio won, who is now the successor of Giancarlo Abete. It took three votes for the appointment to be official after the first two failed without a quorum being reached. The 71-year-old former president of the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti beat the other candidate for the federal seat Demetrio Albertini with 63,33% of the preferences against 33,95% of the former AC Milan midfielder: "I will be the president of all - said Tavecchio – especially of those who have expressed their dissent. I'll try to improve my somewhat rough and unglamorous way as someone rightly defined it. I'm not at ease with words, but I invite the components to abandon the divisions and get to work ". On 18 August at noon the first federal council for the appointment of the new coach of the national team.
