Non-stop market – Rumors, negotiations and background information from May 13th

JUVENTUS, KOSTIC SIGNS WITH FENERBAHCE. NAPLES, WORK IN PROGRESS ON MARIO RUI’S FAREWELL. MILAN, NO RABIOT FOR THE DEVIL. ROME, TURKISH SIRENS FOR ZALEWSKI. BOLOGNA, FERGUSON’S RENEWAL IN THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

BOLOGNA
Renewal attempts between Bologna and Lews Ferguson, and certainly not at any time. The rossoblù, as today’s edition of Corriere dello Sport highlights, have in fact offered a contract renewal to their captain when he still has about two months of forced labor left before he can return to play after having ruptured his cruciate ligament in the match against Monza in the previous championship. There has already been a meeting – we read – between Giovanni Sartori and the player, in which the club has shown its closeness to the currently injured midfielder, renewing its trust and its intention to focus strongly on him. In other words: aware of Ferguson’s value, Bologna intends to protect him precisely in his darkest moment, making him even more responsible and helping him have one more reason to put the injury behind him as soon as possible. Also because Manchester United had tried in the past, having already taken Zirkzee from Emilia just a few weeks ago. The rossoblù plan? Renewed until June 30, 2029 (or only until 2028 with an option for another season), compared to the current agreement expiring in 2027. The first signs seem positive, both from the interested party and from his agent Bill McMurdo.

JUVENTUS
Now it’s official, Filip Kostic is leaving Juventus and going to Turkey. At least until June he will play with Fenerbahce. Below is the press release from the Bianconeri: “After two seasons, the paths of Juventus and Filip Kostic are separating, who will wear the Fenerbahce jersey. The Serbian full-back born in 1992 is moving to Turkey on loan until June 30, 2025. Having arrived in Bianconero in the summer of 2022 – with a very respectable curriculum having played over the course of his career, between Serbia, Holland and Germany, a total of over 400 official matches – Filip has played 87 matches with our jersey, taking into account all competitions, less than only Danilo and Locatelli in the period.

LAZIO
Lazio is trying again. This time hoping to reach the finish line after only coming close to it ten days ago. The Biancoceleste club – Tuttosport points out – would like to give themselves a young talent to raise the technical level of the three-quarters and to do so they have set their sights on an element that is capable of both playing behind the strikers and playing as an offensive winger on both wings. An identikit that fully responds to Rayan Cherki. The Franco-Algerian playmaker is practically a separated person at home with Lyon after the various noes shown in front of the possibility of renewing the bond currently expiring on June 30. And the French club’s attempts to try to sell him in August were in vain. Cherki declined the advances to wait for a club that would play in the Cups. The solution identified in Borussia Dortmund and Lazio as extremely welcome destinations. In the background also Leipzig and PSG, who however during the summer session of negotiations did not go beyond simple surveys. Who knows, maybe they too can return to the charge in the coming months, with a view to a free transfer deal for the 2025-26 season. This is a nightmare that Lyon intends to avoid at all costs. Even at the cost of selling off their jewel in January.

MILAN
Despite Bennacer’s injury, which is expected to keep him out for about two or three months, Milan is not opening the door to Adrien Rabiot. The Spormediaset portal reports on this, according to which the Devils should not knock on the door of the former Juventus luxury free agent again. The French midfielder had already received an offer when it seemed that the Algerian could leave before the end of August for Arabia, but it was rejected by his mother-agent because it was considered too low.

NAPLES
Among the players that Napoli expected to remove from their squad this summer is also Mario Rui (33 years old), sidelined from the Azzurri project since Conte arrived at the helm. The Portuguese born in 1991 has rejected several offers that have arrived about him in recent weeks, and all despite having been excluded from the list for Serie A. The reason? According to information conveyed by the local newspaper Il Roma, it has to do with the financial side. And in particular, the severance pay. The Portuguese, it is said, has in fact asked for a rather substantial severance pay to leave Napoli once and for all. From the information circulating, as much as 6 million euros. A figure that De Laurentiis will never pay, they write from Naples, rather he is willing to keep him out of the squad. The problem, however, is that Mario Rui is still under contract with the Neapolitans until 2026.

ROME
Roma could lose Nicola Zalewski in the next few hours of the transfer market. Il Messaggero reports this morning, according to which the Giallorossi could permanently acquire the Polish national team full-back by September 13, the day negotiations in Turkey also stopped. The club from the capital is waiting for an official offer for the 2002-born player, who in recent weeks had rejected PSV. In this start of the season, Zalewski has already made three appearances, two of which as a starter, under the orders of mister De Rossi.

UDINESE
Interviewed by Messaggero Veneto, Juventus technical director Gianluca Nani spoke about the future of Jaka Bijol: “We consider the Slovenian to be much stronger than the figures they offered us this summer. What if Inter knocks? A player of this caliber cannot be sold halfway through the season. In that case, we would say to wait. Bijol is a defender for a top club, for the Premier League or for one of the top three in Italy. He is a great leader and has embraced our project because he is happy with us. Therefore, no offer for him has ever been considered”, his statements on the defender deployed for 90 minutes in all four of the first matches of this season by mister Runjaic.

MIRANCHUK JOINS SION. SALERNITANA SELLS LEGOWSKI TO YVERDON. FORMER UDINESE PLAYER CRISTO GONZALES SIGNS WITH AL-SADD
Sion has a new number 10. It is Anton Miranchuk, brother of Aleksey, former player of Atalanta and Torino: 28 years old, he was released by Lokomotiv Moscow after 12 years spent in the club of the Soviet capital. The Russian international (28 appearances and 7 goals) has signed a contract until June 30, 2026.

US Salernitana 1919 announces that it has reached an agreement with Yverdon Sport FC for the transfer of the 2003-born midfielder Mateusz Łęgowski. The player arrives at the Swiss top-flight club on loan until June 30, 2025.

Youcef Atal (28) finds a new home after the end of his relationship with Adana Demirspor. The right back has in fact tied himself to Qatar’s Al-Sadd. From his 42 appearances with the Algerian national team and a long stint with Nice. Same path also for Cristo Gonzalez (26). The Spanish striker, two appearances with Udinese in the Italian Cup, comes from an excellent season in Portugal with Arouca, where he scored eighteen goals.

A new adventure is coming for Arlind Ajeti, central defender born in 1993 with a past in Italy with the jerseys of Frosinone, Torino, Crotone, Reggiana, Padova and Pordenone. The Swiss player of Albanian origins currently in the ranks of Cluj in Romania, according to what was gathered by the editorial staff of TuttoMercatoWeb.com, has reached an agreement for his transfer to Bodrum FK, a Turkish team playing in the Turkish top division. In the club based in the city of Bodrum in southwestern Turkey he will also find another old acquaintance of Italian football in George Puscas, a Romanian striker purchased in recent weeks from Genoa.