Serie A Transfer Tracker - Rumours and Confirmed Deals

Apparently they are closing in on a loan deal for Ivanovic with the option to buy.

I've never seen the lad play, but I believe Ivanovic is a RB who can also cover well as a CB

bluenine wrote:Simic leaves Milan to join Monaco. This is not good, surely this means that Milan have got Ivanovic

I don't know why you're worried about Milan, blue9. They still have far too many old players and if Kaka does leave, they are completely screwed.

Kaka won't leave, but IMO Milan still have a squad that's going to have consistent fitness problems throughout the season. tbh, none of the Italian sides look particularly formidable right now from a European perspective, at least until Mourinho manages to settle in.

In the league, it'll be a close fight as each of the "big 5" have strengths, but also glaring weaknesses, that will make for an interesting season.

Are there any Napoli fans here? Anything in local press about Tomasz Jodlowiec?

Murray wrote:

bluenine wrote:Simic leaves Milan to join Monaco. This is not good, surely this means that Milan have got Ivanovic

I don't know why you're worried about Milan, blue9. They still have far too many old players and if Kaka does leave, they are completely screwed.

I don't buy the too old arguement... sure, last season they had gaps, but now they have bought (or brought back) Borriello, Ronaldinho, Zambrotta, Flamini, Abbiati, Antonini, Cardaccio, & Viudez. The only thing now lacking is a quality CB backup. So if Ivanovic arrives, IMO Milan are as strong as they ever were in this decade.

--------------------Abbiati
Zambrotta - Nesta - Ivanovic - Jankulovski
---------Flamini - Pirlo - Seedorf
---------------Kaka - Dinho
--------------------Pato

Subs: Dida, Kalac, Kaladze, Bonera, Maldini, Oddo, Favalli, Antonini, Gattuso, Emerson, Ambrosini, Brocchi, Cardaccio, Viudez, Borriello, Inzaghi, Paloschi.

Don't know about you, but thats a very strong squad.... who will have no CL distractions. Yeah, this will be Inter's biggest competition domestically.

Did Seedorf hand Dinho the no.10 shirt in the end?

TM wrote:Did Seedorf hand Dinho the no.10 shirt in the end?

No, Dinho has taken no. 80!

kas wrote:Kaka won't leave, but IMO Milan still have a squad that's going to have consistent fitness problems throughout the season. tbh, none of the Italian sides look particularly formidable right now from a European perspective, at least until Mourinho manages to settle in.

In the league, it'll be a close fight as each of the "big 5" have strengths, but also glaring weaknesses, that will make for an interesting season.

I think the Milan sides look formidable for their european competitions... Inter are having a pretty decent pre-season, considering the amount of injuries the squad currently has... once players are fit (and that is expected soon), and the players start gelling in the new tactics, this could be our best team in Europe since the 60s. Of course, there is always a bit of doubt when a new coach takes over... only time will tell whether Mourinho can build on all the good work done by Mancio to make immediate impact.

Juve need a good draw to make an impact, and if they get a decent draw and make the KO rounds, they could go far.... Roma are looking terrible and need 1-2 quality players.... Fiorentina are too inexperienced for us to expect anything - they will also need a good draw to make the KO rounds, which will be an achievement for them this season.

bluenine wrote:

TM wrote:Did Seedorf hand Dinho the no.10 shirt in the end?

No, Dinho has taken no. 80!

Odd Number.

Milan will be formidable in the UEFA Cup assuming they pay it any attention.

I think Juve will be solid but won't get past the QFs. Florentina will probably place some nice football but either get knocked out in the group states or QF. Roma will struggle. Inter will be difficult to beat, but I don't think they have enough creativity in midfield to to make the Semis.

Latest News: Milan loan out Digao; Tiago joins Newcastle; Maldonaldo leaves Napoli; Simic leaves Milan; Bottinelli joins Sampdoria; Lanna joins Bologna; Domingo & Ferrari join Genoa; Roma sign Baptista; Vujadinovic joins Udinese; Almiron joins Fiorentina; Cardaccio & Viudez join Milan; Papatathopoulos joins Genoa;

The Tracker for almost confirmed deals at top clubs (all prices in Euros - guesstimates used when involving player swaps):

Milan
IN: Flamini; Borriello; Zambrotta; Abbiati; Antonini; Abate; Storari; Ronaldinho; Cardaccio; Viudez
OUT: Serginho; Cafu; Oliveira; Gilardino; Gourcuff; Simic; Ba; Fiori; Di Gennaro; Storari; Abate; Grimi; Digao
Inter
IN: Adriano; MOURINHO; Recoba; Giacomelli, Mancini; Jimenez; Coutinho; Muntari
OUT: Solari; MANCIO; Maniche; Cesar; Ribas
Juve
IN: Amauri; Giovinco; Albin Ekdal; Mellberg; De Ceglie; Volpato; Marchisio; Knezevic; Poulsen; Chimenti, Manninger;
OUT: Nocerino; Lanzafame; Palladino; Stendardo; Mirante; Volpato; Cuneaz, Essabr, Del Prete; Olivera; Almiron; Tiago
Roma
IN: Riise; Loria; Esposito; Gusmao; Rosi; Baptista
OUT: Barrusso; Curci; Ferrari; Mancini; Guily; Antunes; Cerci
Fiorentina
IN: Felipe Melo; Stevan Jovetic; Gilardino; Vargas; Comotto; Jefferson; Storari; Zauri; Almiron
OUT: Ujfalusi; Liverani; Vanden Borre; Potenza; Cacia; Vieri; Lupoli; Do Prado; Di Carmine
Sampdoria
IN: Cassano, Sammarco, Mirante, Stankevicius; Padalino; Dessena; Fornaroli; Bottinelli
OUT: Maggio; Volpi; Flachi; Zenoni
Palermo
IN: Raggi; Liverani; Nocerino; Lanzafame; Amelia; Budan; Carrozzieri; Bovo; Kjaer; De Melo
OUT: Zaccardo; Barzagli; Rinaudo; Amauri; Biava; Agliardi; Caserta
Napoli
IN: Zalayeta; Blasi; Rinaudo; German Denis; Maggio; Russotto
OUT: Sosa; Cupi; Capparella; Rullo; Calaio; Garics; Bucchi; Maldonaldo
Lazio
IN: Foggia; Radu; Meghni; Carrizo; Stendardo, Zarate; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem
OUT: Bianchi; Behrami; Mudingayi
Udinese
IN: Langella; Floro Flores; Tissone; Pasquale; Sanchez; Motta; Nef; Ighalo; Vujadinovic
OUT: Sivok; Dossena; Paolucci; Mesto; Zapotocny; Chimenti; Colombo; Asamoah; Aguilar
Bologna
IN: Volpi; Bernacci; Coda; Paonessa; Zenoni; Coelho; Rodriguez; Mudingayi; Lanna
OUT: Di Gennaro; Bucchi
Genoa
IN: Polenta, Modesto, Di Gennaro, Gasbarroni, Potenza, Biava, Mesto; Vanden Borre; Palladino; Criscito; Pinau; Olivera; Papatathopoulos; Ferrari; Domingo
OUT: Borriello, Bovo, Konko, Fabiano, Santos; Ledesma; Leon; Fabiano; A Lucarelli; Pires; Mamade; Greco; Garibaldi; Pegolo; Danilo


Rumours:
- Ivanovic/Sheva to Milan
- Radoi/Drenthe to Fiorentina
- De Ceglie/Pasqual/Ziegler to Napoli
- Malouda/Crespo/Suazo/Benayoun to Roma
- Ivanovic to Juve
- Sheva to Doria

Serie A Transfers
IN: Flamini; Zambrotta; MOURINHO; Poulsen; Riise; Jovetic; Melo; Denis; Zarate; Carrizo; Coelho; Sanchiz; Radu, Mellberg; Ronaldinho; Manninger; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem, Zuniga; Fornaroli; Coutinho; Olivera; Muntari; Corradi; Papatathopoulos; Saumel; Rodriguiz; Dica; Ledesma; Vujadinovic; Baptista; Bottinelli
OUT: Barzagli; Zaccardo; Konko; Dossena; Behrami; Guily; Asamoah; Tiago

Which player that has left Serie A in this window do you think is the best?

Behrami?

Calidad wrote:Which player that has left Serie A in this window do you think is the best?

Behrami?

Konko IMO. But Behrami and Barzagli are also right up there.

Calidad wrote:Milan will be formidable in the UEFA Cup assuming they pay it any attention.

I think Juve will be solid but won't get past the QFs. Florentina will probably place some nice football but either get knocked out in the group states or QF. Roma will struggle. Inter will be difficult to beat, but I don't think they have enough creativity in midfield to to make the Semis.

In terms of quality, Juve is the worst out of the Italian teams, but they have pretty good depth, and should get a decent group draw because of their prior CL runs. Fiorentina look better IMO though the group draw could be tough on them. I think they'll be doing very well if they make the QF.

Roma are an outside bet, they could go to the semi's or the final with a bit of luck, but its most likely that they'll go out in the QF again. Even if they get Baptista, i still think they need a quality winger aswell. Esposito and Taddei won't cut it. Inter have the biggest chance obviously. Defensively they will be very solid, but not sure Mourinho's 4-3-3 will suit them team, plus if he is planning to use that formation then Moratti should've bought Quaresma, instead of wasting his money on a backup DM. Would make them less reliant on Ibra aswell. I think they should try and use Chivu in midfield aswell, that would give them more creativity.

Latest News: Baptista to Roma is confirmed; Milan loan out Digao; Tiago joins Newcastle; Maldonaldo leaves Napoli; Simic leaves Milan; Bottinelli joins Sampdoria; Lanna joins Bologna; Domingo & Ferrari join Genoa; Roma sign Baptista; Vujadinovic joins Udinese; Almiron joins Fiorentina; Cardaccio & Viudez join Milan; Papatathopoulos joins Genoa;

The Tracker for almost confirmed deals at top clubs (all prices in Euros - guesstimates used when involving player swaps):

Milan
IN: Flamini; Borriello; Zambrotta; Abbiati; Antonini; Abate; Storari; Ronaldinho; Cardaccio; Viudez
OUT: Serginho; Cafu; Oliveira; Gilardino; Gourcuff; Simic; Ba; Fiori; Di Gennaro; Storari; Abate; Grimi; Digao
Inter
IN: Adriano; MOURINHO; Recoba; Giacomelli, Mancini; Jimenez; Coutinho; Muntari
OUT: Solari; MANCIO; Maniche; Cesar; Ribas
Juve
IN: Amauri; Giovinco; Albin Ekdal; Mellberg; De Ceglie; Volpato; Marchisio; Knezevic; Poulsen; Chimenti, Manninger;
OUT: Nocerino; Lanzafame; Palladino; Stendardo; Mirante; Volpato; Cuneaz, Essabr, Del Prete; Olivera; Almiron; Tiago
Roma
IN: Riise; Loria; Esposito; Gusmao; Rosi; Baptista
OUT: Barrusso; Curci; Ferrari; Mancini; Guily; Antunes; Cerci
Fiorentina
IN: Felipe Melo; Stevan Jovetic; Gilardino; Vargas; Comotto; Jefferson; Storari; Zauri; Almiron
OUT: Ujfalusi; Liverani; Vanden Borre; Potenza; Cacia; Vieri; Lupoli; Do Prado; Di Carmine
Sampdoria
IN: Cassano, Sammarco, Mirante, Stankevicius; Padalino; Dessena; Fornaroli; Bottinelli
OUT: Maggio; Volpi; Flachi; Zenoni
Palermo
IN: Raggi; Liverani; Nocerino; Lanzafame; Amelia; Budan; Carrozzieri; Bovo; Kjaer; De Melo
OUT: Zaccardo; Barzagli; Rinaudo; Amauri; Biava; Agliardi; Caserta
Napoli
IN: Zalayeta; Blasi; Rinaudo; German Denis; Maggio; Russotto
OUT: Sosa; Cupi; Capparella; Rullo; Calaio; Garics; Bucchi; Maldonaldo
Lazio
IN: Foggia; Radu; Meghni; Carrizo; Stendardo, Zarate; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem
OUT: Bianchi; Behrami; Mudingayi; Zauri
Udinese
IN: Langella; Floro Flores; Tissone; Pasquale; Sanchez; Motta; Nef; Ighalo; Vujadinovic
OUT: Sivok; Dossena; Paolucci; Mesto; Zapotocny; Chimenti; Colombo; Asamoah; Aguilar
Bologna
IN: Volpi; Bernacci; Coda; Paonessa; Zenoni; Coelho; Rodriguez; Mudingayi; Lanna
OUT: Di Gennaro; Bucchi
Genoa
IN: Polenta, Modesto, Di Gennaro, Gasbarroni, Potenza, Biava, Mesto; Vanden Borre; Palladino; Criscito; Pinau; Olivera; Papatathopoulos; Ferrari; Domingo
OUT: Borriello, Bovo, Konko, Fabiano, Santos; Ledesma; Leon; Fabiano; A Lucarelli; Pires; Mamade; Greco; Garibaldi; Pegolo; Danilo


Rumours:
- Ivanovic/Sheva to Milan
- Radoi/Drenthe to Fiorentina
- De Ceglie/Pasqual/Ziegler to Napoli
- Joaquin/Malouda/Crespo/Suazo/Benayoun to Roma
- Ivanovic to Juve
- Sheva/Crespo to Doria
- Crespo to Lazio

Serie A Transfers
IN: Flamini; Zambrotta; MOURINHO; Poulsen; Riise; Jovetic; Melo; Denis; Zarate; Carrizo; Coelho; Sanchiz; Radu, Mellberg; Ronaldinho; Manninger; Litchsteiner; Matuzalem, Zuniga; Fornaroli; Coutinho; Olivera; Muntari; Corradi; Papatathopoulos; Saumel; Rodriguiz; Dica; Ledesma; Vujadinovic; Baptista; Bottinelli
OUT: Barzagli; Zaccardo; Konko; Dossena; Behrami; Guily; Asamoah; Tiago

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:
In terms of quality, Juve is the worst out of the Italian teams, but they have pretty good depth, and should get a decent group draw because of their prior CL runs. Fiorentina look better IMO though the group draw could be tough on them. I think they'll be doing very well if they make the QF.

Juve are not that bad, they have an advantage over clubs like Fiorentina coz most of their players have quality CL experience. It makes a big difference.

But Juve are in pot 3, so they could potentially get a nightmarish draw like ManU-Real!! Ditto Fiorentina, who are in pot 4 and surely will get a tough draw.

Calidad wrote:Which player that has left Serie A in this window do you think is the best?

Behrami?

Behrami .

I took a brief look yesterday at some of the transfers made by those Serie A teams not part of bluenine's list (which list is very helpful by the way - to bluenine! ), and I saw that Catania have made a few interesting buys. They've bought a lot of players, including Ledesma and Silvestre from Boca Juniors (the latter on loan), and Nicolae Dica from Steaua Bucharest, and from what little I've seen of Dica, he certainly looks like a talented player. Do people reckon that they'll struggle again this year; or does Zenga have what it takes to make the team gel?

Here you go bluenine, you can relax a bit now:
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3981864,00.html

Bashmachkin wrote:I took a brief look yesterday at some of the transfers made by those Serie A teams not part of bluenine's list (which list is very helpful by the way - to bluenine! ), and I saw that Catania have made a few interesting buys. They've bought a lot of players, including Ledesma and Silvestre from Boca Juniors (the latter on loan), and Nicolae Dica from Steaua Bucharest, and from what little I've seen of Dica, he certainly looks like a talented player. Do people reckon that they'll struggle again this year; or does Zenga have what it takes to make the team gel?

Yeah, Catania have been very impressive this summer - some great buys, using Zenga's experience in eastern europe. Also, they made their moves very early in the summer, which should have given them the extra time to gel over the summer.

Zenga has been very impressive as a coach since he took over Catania, I think they will do well. I won't be surprised if his self assessment is correct, and Catania finish 10th.

kas wrote:Here you go bluenine, you can relax a bit now:
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3981864,00.html

Comforting. But there are many competent CBs out there, Milan could still make a move for any of them...

Elsewhere, Roma have confirmed the Baptista capture.

Rumours insist that Inter are planing to make a serious bid for the argie talent, Diego "Goodnight"... This sounds good to me, loved his goal in the olympics, and we need an AM. He will probably warm the bench most of the time, but will be a great buy for the future.

Another Argie...

TM wrote:Another Argie...

Hey, we are seriously short on Argie brigade these days, just 6 - Zanetti, Samuel, Burdisso, Cambiasso, Cruz & Crespo. With Crespo likely to be sold, we might end up having as many Italians (5) and Brasilians (5) in our squad!!

Need more Argies!!

Ancelotti says Milan want Marquez:
http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=44&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=535911&idseccio_PK=803

Stupid c**ts couldn't you make an offer earlier in the season?

I am soooo sick of AC Milan.. when the f@ck will they just shut up for once???

We are obsessed with Arsenal players, and Milan with ours

kas wrote:We are obsessed with Arsenal players, and Milan with ours

You wanna get back at them??? Give us Messi

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

bluenine wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:What's happened to the Quaresma deal? wasn't it supposed to be completed by now?

I think Inter are now focussing on a defender instead...

does that mean the RQ deal is totally off? or just delayed? and what's happened to Rivas? is he injured aswell?

Apparently the RQ deal is back on, and Inter's bluff seems to have worked as Porto have lowered the asking price... the rumour is that Porto are agreeable to a bid of EUR 18 M plus Pele. This is getting interesting, as this seems to be a price that looks worth it.

Bobo, what do you think of all the rumours about Crespo joining Lazio? Looks like it is really happening!! Crespo, Rocchi, Pandev, Makinwa & Zarate - that will be a great attacking line-up, one of the best in Serie A!!!!!

YEh i hope he continues to play Pandev as a trequartista, at least against the smaller teams.

We're also close to getting Augusto Fernandez who is a very good talent but there's some problems with his passport which need to be sorted out. We're also linked with Pinzi of Udinese in a swap deal for Stendardo. Pinzi is good and could play in Ledesma's position but atm i think that is luxury we can't afford and we should make sure our defence is solid.