Thursday Transfer Talk

By: Steven | May 8th, 2008

Two more games to go, and Sunday may be a special one. Not only will I be celebrating my birthday as we kick Sampdoria’s ass, it’ll most likely be Amauri’s last home-game in La Favorita. And he wants to say goodbye as a captain. The only problem is: our actual captain, Barzagli, is leaving too. So, they’ll need to battle it out amongst themselves. I say give Amauri the captain’s band. He’s given everything to the team, while Barzagli never cared about it.

On the Amauri to Juve thing: seems like not all is settled yet. Zampa already said that the deal is done for 98%, but don’t be too sure about that. This is what Rino Foschi had to say:

“We have asked for Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Nocerino, Giovinco, and Davide Lanzafame in return. If Juventus doesn’t agree, it will make negotiations a lot harder.”

Nocerino has already agreed to a Palermo-transfer if the deal gets sealed, but there’s more. According to the Dutch version of goal.com (yeah, I know, that’s like trusting your butcher’s sister’s cousin’s dogwalker), Amauri wants a 3.75 million euro salary. Juve wants to keep it below 3 million. Maybe Zampa can spend some Mandi-money. Milan is willing to cough up the extra money, and Juventus would let Amauri go to the rossoneri in exchange for Gilardino. Rotten deal, if you ask me.

According to Lorenzo, Man Shitty would be prepared to give 6 million euro in exchange for Bresciano. I can’t find any articles that can prove this, but if so: ship off the Ozzy! Zacc’s 7 (there’s even been talk of 9 million) + Bresciano’s 6 + Barzagli’s money…damn, we could get at least two studs for that.

And talking about those studs: how about this one? Diego Milito, former Genoa-striker, could be going to Napoli. Why not try and snatch him away from Zaragoza in front of their noses? Maybe we’re not a big enough club for those guys. At least, that’s what Espanyol-defender Zabaleta said. So, mister Big Shot Argentine, where did your club end up in the standings this year?

And then there’s this guy:

OGC Nice-keeper Hugo Lloris is being followed by a couple of Italian teams, including Palermo. The kid is young, secure, capped as a U21 for France and an unbelievable talent. Would be nice to het him on board.