There is only one certainty: Genoa will not sell off its jewels. The season just ended has brought attention, and what attention, directly to Alberto Gilardino’s team. From Josep Martinez, who just moved to Inter for the sum of 15 million euros, to the two forwards Albert Gudmundsson (portrayed in a photo with his coach during his vacation in Ibiza) and Mateo Retegui. The Icelander is coming off a decidedly important championship and has been able to confirm in the top Italian tournament the good things he showed two years ago in Serie B when, with his 11 goals and five assists, he led the Old Griffin’s return to Serie A. The Italian-Argentine, coming off a bad European Championship like the entire Azzurri group, has instead scored 9 goals between the championship and the Italian Cup in 31 games played.
Gud the most precious
Obviously the headlines are all for the elf from Reykjavik who, according to the reference portal Transfermarkt, has reached a value of 30 million euros. No player, according to the site just mentioned, has ever reached such a figure. Not Milito (18 million), nor Kouamé (22 million), nor Dragusin (20 million), not even mister Gilardino (arrived in January 2012 worth 16 million euros). A source of pride for the rossoblù who also have other players of value and quality in their squad such as Junior Messias, Ruslan Malinovskyi or the recently purchased from Olympique Marseille Vitinha.
The words of Ottolini and Zangrillo
There is often talk of Inter’s interest in Gudmundsson, but in the last few hours, sporting director Marco Ottolini has put the brakes on: “There are some surveys, some phone calls. Nothing more at the moment. Albert will start with us on Monday. He can also stay with us. It’s not a given.” President Alberto Zangrillo also spoke about the Icelander: “If we give him one and there’s someone else who gives him five, the player will go where they give him five and will be honored to have played with us and we are honored to have had him with us.” But he then continued: “We need an economic consolidation that allows you to take advantage of a squad that has value that you manage, that you control, that you own. And that therefore allows you to say no to Mr. Marotta when he wants you to give him Gudmundsson, and I say this to my friend Beppe without any kind of malice.”