The summary of all the transfer market news of the day that has just been archived. Between rumors, negotiations and behind the scenes, here is the most important news.
MILAN, BRUSH BRAKING FOR LOPETEGUI. NAPLES ON THE HUNT OF THE REBIRTH TECHNICIAN. THE POINT ON CONTE, BUT I LIKE PIOLI MORE AND MORE. JUVENTUS, WHAT FUTURE FOR HUIJSEN? WAITING FOR A DECISION, BORUSSIA DORTMUND MOVES. GENOA, GILARDINO’S RENEWAL IS CLOSER. NOT JUST THE BIG SERIES A: TOTTENHAM ALSO ON BUONGIORNO. TURIN WANTS 40 MILLION
Milan had reached an agreement with Julien Lopetegui. The Rossoneri, after having met the coach in recent days, were ready to close the negotiation with the Spanish coach, who was also pursued by West Ham (who offered a two-year contract with an option of five million euros) but who had given priority to Milan . So the white smoke seemed only one step away, at least until it came time to understand the mood of the square. Much more black than red: the fans would like a big player – Conte, for one – and not Lopetegui. This is why there has been a sharp slowdown on that front in the last few hours. Things still have to settle, after the upheaval generated by the fans’ criticism, so it is not yet known what the future will be. It cannot be ruled out that Milan could proceed on the Lopetegui track anyway, but the risk of dispute is real and should not be underestimated. Especially since the club itself knows it cannot make mistakes, risking part of its credibility after what happened with Pioli.
As the end of the season approaches, the rumors regarding the next coaches of the big Serie A teams are becoming more and more insistent. While waiting to understand what Juventus will do with Massimiliano Allegri, the benches with the spotlight on them are those of Milan and Napoli. As for the Azzurri, Aurelio De Laurentiis has been putting in for some time Antonio Conte at the top of the list of candidates: the solution is not easy. De Laurentiis continues to push for a balance and is ready to offer a three-year contract worth 6.5 million plus bonuses to Conte. A salary that would make him the second highest paid behind Allegri, probably the third in the event of Simone Inzaghi’s renewal at the end of the season at 7 million per year. In his career, Conte also managed to reach 11 million during his time at Inter, so this would not be a pharaonic figure compared to previous experiences. According to La Repubblica, however, the Italian boss has not yet landed the blow definitively because in the last few hours he would have risen in the approval rating Stefano Pioli, coach who brought the Scudetto back to Milan and who will leave the Rossoneri at the end of the year. The casting remains open, but now Pioli’s profile is increasingly welcome despite the open negotiations with the former national team coach.
Dean Huijsen’s future is still to be written. The defender owned by Juventus, who moved on loan to Roma last January, has shown significant growth in recent months, as demonstrated by his 14 overall appearances in the league with 2 goals and 1 assist to his credit. Roma is trying to understand if there are margins for a loan renewal, but Juventus has not yet decided which path to take for the near future after the end of this season: the Juventus club will have to meet with the father-agent to define a strategy, with all the various hypotheses that still remain open: from a new loan to the transfer to raise cash and finance the incoming market, up to staying in the first team, nothing has yet been decided by the Juventus club. Meanwhile, according to the latest collected by TMW, Borussia Dortmund has a very strong interest in the 2005-born center back who recently chose Spain as the national team to represent. The German club has already expressed its approval to both Juventus and Huijsen’s entourage, waiting to understand how the Juventus club intends to move starting from next June when the loan with the Giallorossi ends.
The renewal of is approaching Alberto Gilardino with Genoa. According to what was gathered by the TMW editorial staff in the last few hours, the coach has made important progress in the negotiations with the club for the new contract until 30 June 2026. Another two years of agreement therefore between the former striker and the Grifone, with the parts that will now have to refine some details before the definitive white smoke. The feelings are more than good and the discussion could be closed within a few days, for a marriage that would therefore still go ahead after last year’s promotion and the salvation, without ever taking risks, this year.
Not only the big names in Serie A (above all Milan, but also Napoli) are on the hunt Alexander Good morning (24 years old): in fact, big players from the very rich Premier League are also moving in the footsteps of the central defender at Torino. According to what we learn from the Daily Express, the 1999-born player in the Italian national team has ended up in the sights of Tottenham where two of his compatriots, Vicario and Udogie, already play (the latter recently victim of a problematic injury that will keep him away from the pitches for a few months) and thus aims to strengthen its blue colony. Faced with Spurs’ request for information, we read, Torino made it known that for less than 40 million euros Buongiorno is not destined to be sold.
THIAGO SILVA SAYS GOODBYE TO CHELSEA, LEWANDOWSKI DOES NOT INTEND TO MOVE FROM BARCELONA. LIVERPOOL HAS A NEW MANAGER, THAT’S WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES. RONALDO THE PHENOMENON SELLS THE CRUZEIRO
Goodbye to Chelsea for Thiago Silva. The defender of the Brazilian national team has announced that he will say goodbye to the Londoners on 30 June, when his contract expires: “Chelsea means a lot to me. I arrived to stay only for one year and instead it was four. My children play for Chelsea, it’s a great pride to be part of this family. Literally, I hope they continue their careers here, in a club where everyone would like to be.”
There is a fair amount of debate in Spain, and especially in Barcelona, regarding the future of Robert Lewandowski. His second season in the Blaugrana shirt was not on the levels of the first, in which he was able to score 33 goals against the current 20, and both given his age and the growing contract he signed with Barça, there are many to think that next summer could be the farewell summer between the veteran Polish center forward and the Catalan club. In the background there are also rumors that he would be targeted by the rich Saudi Pro League. According to the Catalan newspaper Sporthowever, on the part of Lewandowski – who already in recent months has repeatedly rejected possible destinations in Saudi Arabia – there is no desire to go and spend the winter in the most discussed tournament in the Middle East: the Blaugrana number nine wants to continue his adventure in Barcelona, a city in which he is also finding himself very well at a family level and where he does not rule out moving permanently even after his career is over.
Arne Slot he will be Jurgen Klopp’s replacement on the Liverpool bench. All that is missing now is the official announcement of the new coach Reds, starting from next July 1, 2024. The English club, as reported by journalist Fabrizio Romano on his social channels, has in fact already signed all the documents with Feyenoord to bring the Dutch coach to Anfield from the 2024-2025 season. The statement – we read – is expected this week.
Not only Arne Slot as the new manager of Liverpool, a reinforcement for the Reds of the future could come from Feyenoord just like the manager. It’s about Lutsharel Geertruida (23 years old), a multifaceted interpreter of the wing that Slot, a great favorite to take over Klopp’s legacy at Anfield, would like to bring with him. Furthermore, Geertruida himself was spotted last Saturday in the stands of the London Stadium for the Reds’ match at West Ham, which ended with a score of 2-2.
Less than three years after taking over Cruzeiro, the club he started from, Ronaldo Nazário he is thinking of selling his shares. The two-time Ballon d’Or winner (1997 and 2002) has been struggling for months in his new life as a manager, after having to face the exasperation of his fans, furious at the unsatisfactory progress of the Paulista club. As reported by O Globe And CNN Brazil, the Brazilian legend is ready to sell at least 90% of the club’s shares to entrepreneur Pedro Lourenço, owner of a supermarket chain in Belo Horizonte. The negotiations would have already reached an agreement on Saturday, while the official announcement of the sale is expected for next week.
The case is taking center stage in England Mohamed Salah: the former Roma and Fiorentina player stood out during the last championship match (drawn at West Ham) for a heated and visible discussion with his coach Klopp when he entered the pitch in the second half. Salah himself contributed to the chatter, responding with a quick “If I speak today, there will be a mess” to the questions of the journalists present. Salah’s contract with Liverpool expires on 30 June 2025 and across the Channel they are wondering what will become of one of the Reds’ main aces up the sleeve, one of the symbolic men of the course with Klopp on the bench, who will run out this year. Salah will soon enter the last 12 months of his contract but at the moment the Reds say they are confident that his adventure on Merseyside will continue without problems and they have already planned the future considering his presence in the 2024/2025 squad as certain. This is reported in a long and in-depth article published by The Athletic.
Lucas Paquetá he is one of the most talked about names in the Premier League transfer market and has been for months now. Even before the last summer transfer window there were rumors of a possible attack by Guardiola’s Manchester City on the former AC Milan attacking midfielder, although the Brazilian’s latest statements would seem to cool the hypothesis of his immediate exit. Following the match played by the Hammers against Liverpool, Paqueta stopped to answer some questions, including those about his future and the transfer rumors that would still have him in the Citizens’ sights today. Paqueta said to the microphones of ESPN: “I have to do my job here at West Ham, I have enormous respect for this club and I’m really happy at the club. I’d be a liar to tell you otherwise. Of course, aspects that go beyond the pitch are also involved, but I remain focused just about doing my best to finish this season well. I started well and I hope to finish these rumors (about Manchester City, ed.) Now it’s just time to finish the season and then We’ll see what happens.”