The latest on all the transfer market news from the day just gone to the archives. Between rumors, negotiations and behind the scenes, here are the most important news.
ARTHUR TOWARDS A RETURN TO BRAZIL, GATTI TOWARDS A RENEWAL WITH JUVE. ZALEWSKI SAYS NO TO THE GALA AND ROMA ELIMINATES HIM FROM THE SQUAD. CANDREVA HAS OFFERED HIMSELF TO TORINO. BOLOGNA IS READY TO LOCK UP FERGUSON, VOGLIACCO HAS SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT WITH GENOA. HERE ARE THE TWO ENGLISH WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN TRIED FOR FIORENTINA’S KAYODE
The Sports Courier takes stock of the future of Arthur. The new arrivals in midfield of Douglas Luiz, Khephren Thuram and Teun Koopmeiners effectively close the space for the former Barcelona player who thus remains on the way out. We are therefore talking about a future far from Turin and, above all, a possible return to his homeland in almost four months given that in recent days the rumours of a return home of the player have strengthened. In Brazil, after all, Gremio would gladly take him back and the Porto Alegre fans themselves are hoping for a sensational move by their club. But they are not the only ones. The clubs with the greatest potential are also thinking about Arthur: we are talking about Flamengo, Palmeiras and Corinthians. And they could be the ones to challenge each other during the next negotiation window, which in those parts will open in January and close in March 2025. The idea is in any case always the same, that of covering the player’s salary of around 5 million per year, without however paying the player’s transfer fee.
This start of the season is seeing Federico Gatti protagonist of a real magic moment, both with the jersey of Juventus as with the blue one of the National team. The daily newspaper Allsports takes stock of the start of the season of the central defender, starting from his debut from the first minute a year ago in Empoli, the theater of the next challenge of the black and whites. Thiago Motta, after the excellent minutes with Allegri, immediately inserted him at the center of his defensive mechanisms and even went beyond, indicating him as one of the new captains of the team with the intent of making him increasingly a leader within the group and not only on the field. His importance on the pitch is also demonstrated by the consideration that the club itself has for him: the first contacts for the extension (with financial adjustment) of his contract have already taken place in recent months and starting next week, according to the newspaper, technical director Cristiano Giuntoli will meet his agents to lay the foundations for the renewal until 2029. The right moment for the signature instead could be after the match against PSV in the Champions League, with Gatti who will sign until 2029 with a salary increased from the current 1.4 million euros net per season to around 2.3 million.
At 37 years old, Antonio Candreva is one of the many players still without a contract after the summer transfer market. The winger, who made 34 appearances with 6 goals last season with the Salernitana jersey, according to Allsports he has proposed himself to Torino and the president of the Granata, Urbano Cairo, is considering the possibility of hiring him. In the last few hours, the sporting director Vagnati met with his agent and news could soon arrive in this sense, with Torino who, in the event that they decide to sink, would put on the table an annual contract of 500 thousand euros in total, considering bonuses and prizes linked to numbers and performance. In addition to Torino, according to the newspaper, his profile is also being evaluated by other Serie A clubs such as Parma, Como, Monza and Venezia.
Nicholas Zalewski He said no to Galatasaray and refused a transfer to Turkey, but Roma used a tough fist with him and left him out of the squad. Daniele De Rossi’s Giallorossi – writes The Messenger – they took this decision to force him to accept the Istanbul club’s proposal by this Friday, given that the transfer market will close in a few hours. After a long negotiation, a draft agreement has been reached between Roma and Galatasaray on the basis of a permanent transfer worth 10 million euros plus 2 million in bonuses. Zalewski himself, however, has not yet given his green light to the operation despite the rich contractual proposal put on the table by the Giallorossi of Turkey, with the time available that is increasingly short.
In the long and detailed press conference this Friday, the sporting director of Fiorentina Daniele Prade he also answered many questions about the individual players of the lily team. One of the questions concerned any offers that arrived in the summer for Michael Kayode. This is Pradè’s thought: “He doesn’t even know it but he’s had offers, more than one. If you ask me, I personally even thought about selling him, but the president would never have done it and I didn’t even have the courage to ask him. He’s also an exceptional guy who has significant margins and I don’t think he was ready for such an important step now. Look at Iling Junior and Barrenechea, who went to the Premier League and then elsewhere after 40 days. There was also a top club for Kayode. And then in the Premier League, for what they earn, they’re all top…”, Pradè’s explanation on the matter, with the market rumours that have also involved other important clubs. The English clubs had in any case moved with conviction for the Fiorentina full-back: according to the latest reports from TMWthe clubs that had shown the most interest during the summer were Brentford and above all Aston Villa, but as mentioned, Fiorentina never really opened up to the possibility of letting him leave.
“Genoa CFC announces that it has extended the agreement with Alexander Vogliacco until 2027. The footballer continues his adventure in the rossoblù jersey, with which he has collected 54 appearances and scored one goal to date”. This is the press release with which Genoa announces the official extension of the contract with the defender born in ’98.
According to what the Sports CourierBologna will extend the captain’s contract Lewis Ferguson until June 30, 2029. Even if it is not yet official, the understanding between the two parties is now complete: the 25-year-old Scot, who in July 2023 had already renewed his first contract with the rossoblù until June 30, 2027, with an option for a further year, is thus protected by the club based in Casteldebole. The footballer’s father also confirmed it: “Everything is fine. I don’t want to get too excited, though – said Derek Ferguson, Lewis’ father, talking about his son’s physical recovery during the podcast Let Me Be Frank – inside I’m enthusiastic, and next week I’ll go to Bologna to visit Lewis for five or six days. In short, the rehabilitation is going very well and they’ve just renewed his contract: he’ll be there until 2029”.
FOREIGN FOOTBALL
As the summer transfer window nears its end, Galatasaray completes its last two deals. After selling Dervisoglu to Gaziantep, the Istanbul club makes an interesting move by taking the Hungarian attacking winger from Freiburg Roland Sallai.
During the summer the agent of Andriy Lunin he tested the waters to see if there were teams ready to make concrete offers for his client, who after a season as a starter at Real Madrid seemed ready to pack his bags, no longer having a guaranteed place. In the end, however, the Ukrainian goalkeeper remained at White House. He didn’t leave, in fact he doubled down: he renewed his contract until 2030.
Nicholas Jackson renews his contract with Chelsea. A unique contract extension, given that the Senegalese international has tied himself to the Blues for another nine seasons. The new agreement, in fact, will expire in June 2033.
In a few months, Liverpool will probably lose Mohammed SalahThe Egyptian attacking winger has only one year left on his contract and has already made it known that no manager of the Reds has come forward for a possible renewal. Evidently the English club’s plans are different and the news coming from England could confirm it: Liverpool is strongly interested in Jamal MusialaBayern Munich playmaker, among the best in his role.
The market in England is already over, but the Chelsea is still trying to place the many surplus players of a very large squad. One of these is David Datro Fofana: after the agreement fell through with AEK Athensthe 21-year-old striker moves on loan with an option to buy to Goztepe.
Rachid Ghezzal has found a new team. After officially saying goodbye to Besiktas at the end of last season, the former Monaco, Fiorentina and Leicester player remains in Turkey and signs a one-year contract (plus an optional one) with Rizespor.
Jan Bednarek has renewed his contract with Southampton for another three years: having arrived in 2017, he has tied himself to the English club until 2027 with the renewal announced today.
Claude Mekeleleformer midfielder for Real Madrid, Chelsea and PSG among others, is the new coach ofAsteras Tripoliswho recently sacked Milan Rastavac. During his career, he served as assistant at PSG, technical director at Monaco, assistant coach at Swansea and coach at Bastia, Eupen and Chelsea Under-18s. He had not coached since 2019.
Do you remember? Alexander Merkel? The Kazakh midfielder, who in Italy wore the shirts of Milan, Genoa, Udinese and Pisa, is moving to Iran: he is a new player of Nassaji Mazandaran. The 1992-born player, who left Hatta Club (United Arab Emirates) at the end of last season, has signed a contract until June 30, 2025.
The long list of free agents has now been joined by the name of Daniel AmarteyThe experienced Ghanaian defender, born in 1994, has terminated his contract with Besiktas almost two years before it expired.