Non-stop market – Rumors, negotiations and background information from September 16th

INTER, ASLLANI’S CONTRACT RENEWAL IS OFFICIAL. NAPOLI SAYS IT IS COMFORTABLE ABOUT KVARATSKHELIA AND MERET’S EXTENSIONS. CHIELLINI RETURNS TO JUVENTUS AS A MANAGER. RABIOT BEHIND THE STORY: HE REFUSED 7.5 MILLION FROM MILAN AND JUVE, NOW HE WILL EARN LESS AT OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE

Contract renewal with Inter for Kristjan Asllaniwho today signed a four-year deal. Below is the announcement from the Nerazzurri club: “FC Internazionale Milano announces on its official channels that it has reached an agreement for the contract extension of the player Kristjan Asllani: the 2002-born midfielder – it reads – will be a Nerazzurri player until June 30, 2028”.

Napoli yesterday took a blow in the direction of the other teams competing for the Scudetto. Actually, four, like the goals scored at home against Cagliari, in a match that the final score might suggest was easy to manage, but that would not have ended with certain proportions in the result if it had not been – also and above all – for the numerous saves made by the Italian goalkeeper Alex Meret. Many decisive interventions for Meret at Unipol Domus, confirming the new sensations that the goalkeeper from Friuli is experiencing in the shadow of Vesuvius. For him, it really seems like the beginning of a new journey, after seasons in which he has too often ended up in the crosshairs of criticism, even within happy years in the overall Azzurri. Also considering his contractual situation, it could really be a turning point: the agreement between Meret and Napoli expires in less than a year but with performances like this, making a decision on the future (especially if positive) might not even be that complicated

Giorgio Chiellini is returning home. No longer as a defender and captain, as before he left, obviously. But as a manager. The former footballer, a legend of the Bianconeri club, has returned to Vinovo as Head of Football Institutional Relations, in a role that will not see him directly involved in decisions regarding the pitch, but closer to the administration. A manager of the club’s national and international relations, so to speak. And on social media he celebrates his return like this: “Today I am returning home, albeit in a different shape and guise. Bianconero is part of me, I have always felt these colours inside me and this club, in my personal and professional journey, has represented so much. I am enthusiastic about this new adventure and aware of the responsibilities it brings with it. I can’t wait to contribute, with the same passion as always, to taking Juventus towards new goals”, we read on his Instagram account.

He who wants too much gets nothing. But what did Adrien Rabiot really want, ultimately? Because the question arises spontaneously after having refused a two-year contract worth 15 million euros in total from Juventus – after Massimiliano Allegri’s farewell – and having “tired” the Milan market men, who at a certain point decided to say stop to the phone calls, like in the big prize competitions, and extinguish any possibility of signing him. Rabiot is a great player, that’s for sure, he’s the starter in the most talented national team in the world, but the choices have been particular in the last period. Because refusing every time hoping for a better offer is, probably, an own goal. Like Dybala a few years ago, when from a symbol of Juventus he ended up at Roma. A great club and an extraordinary city, but certainly a worsening from a footballing point of view, given that he was coming from Scudetti and victories, plus a salary almost double that of what he received two years ago from the Giallorossi (now he’s back afloat, 8 million plus 2 in bonuses). Rabiot, on the other hand, will earn around 6 million euros per year. For goodness sake, still important figures for a Ligue 1 club, but without paying the price tag, net of the commission from his mother Veronique, the real director of the affair. In short, he will earn much less after all the clubs that wanted him got fed up with certain requests. A step back to take a further run-up? We’ll see. But not always those who want too much, in the end, manage to get it.

Giovanni Manna, Napoli’s sporting director, gave an interview to Sky Sport on the sidelines of the conference “From analog to digital. The new challenges of communication”: “Conte has great ambitions, he has worked in very big clubs, so for us it is obviously growth. Lukaku? We know together what they did at Inter. The coach’s will was immediately clear and the player integrated immediately with the group. Now we are trying to build something important. Kvara’s renewal? He still has three years left on his contract. There have been teams that have approached him, but we have shared the desire to move forward together. We are working with the player’s entourage to reach the contract renewal. We are calm, we don’t have to rush. Meret’s renewal? We have the will to continue with him and he has the will to continue with us. He is an important goalkeeper, never questioned by us”.

LOVREN LEAVES OLYMPIQUE LYON AND FLIES TO GREECE: OFFICIAL TO PAOK THESSALONIKI. BARCELONA HAS A PLAN FOR YAMAL: XXL RENEWAL IN SIGHT. DARIO BENEDETTO STARTS AGAIN FROM MEXICO. REAL MADRID, AFTER LUNIN, MENDY IS ALSO READY TO EXTEND HIS CONTRACT. BRENET TO AL RAYYAN, DAVILA TO CLUB AMERICA FOR 7.5 MILLION

It’s time for a change for Dejan Lovren. The Croatian central defender who won the UEFA Super Cup, Champions League and Premier League with Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool leaves France and Olympique Lyon after 6 months to sign a free transfer with PAOK Thessaloniki. He has a two-year contract, until 2026, with a new experience in the Greek championship.

The stratospheric impact of Lamine Yamal since his debut with Barcelona to today is clear for all to see. The 2007 azulgrana is overcoming the stages of growth at an incredible speed, both in the Catalan club and with the Spanish national team with which he won the European Championship this summer. But 3 goals and 4 assists in 5 games are numbers of a real crack, the Blaugrana club knows it well and is not satisfied with the contract signed just under a year ago, valid until June 30, 2026. Gradual plan. To hold on to a pearl of such value and beauty, during the current season – reveals Marca -, Barça will improve his economic conditions, because now he earns around one and a half million euros a year, in such a way as to align with the quality of the player. Second step. But it doesn’t end there, because Barcelona together with Yamal’s agent, Jorge Mendes, regarding the negotiations for the salary increase will also reconnect to the first bases of dialogue – we read in the Spanish newspaper – for the extension of his contract. The topic has already been discussed by both parties and the idea is to lock him in at the age of 18 until 2030. Along with a salary, obviously, of an absolute champion. Also because it should not be forgotten that last season rumors leaked of a serious attempt by PSG for 200 million to snatch Lamine Yamal from the hands of Barça.

Darío Ismael Benedetto returns to Mexico. The 34-year-old Argentine striker, who played from 2013 to 2015 in Tijuana and Club América, is a new player for Queretaro, with whom he signed a contract until the end of the season. Benedetto left Boca Juniors in July and played in Europe with Elche and Marseille.

Ferland Mendy and Real Madrid have reached an agreement to renew the full-back’s contract, which expires on June 30, 2025. The main Spanish media reported: the announcement of the agreement – which will run until June 30, 2027 – should come on Wednesday, after Carlo Ancelotti’s team’s debut in the Champions League.

He was released by Twente at the end of last season, now he has finally found a new team. Joshua Benjamin Brenet, 30-year-old full-back formerly of PSV and Hoffenheim, is a new player of Al Rayyan: he has signed a contract until June 30, 2025 with the Qataris. Brenet has worn the jersey of two different national teams in his career: the Dutch, with which he debuted in 2016, and that of Curaçao, which he has chosen to represent since last June.

Víctor Alejandro Dávila Zavala returns to play in Mexico. The 26-year-old Chilean striker (15 caps and 3 goals for the national team), who previously played for Necaxa, Pachuca and Leon, leaves Spartak Moscow after just one season and signs a contract with Club America until June 30, 2027.