The summary of all the transfer market news of the day that has just been archived.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.
HOW CAN UDINESE SELL LUCCA IN JANUARY? IF (MORE THAN) 20 MILLION ARRIVES SOMETHING CHANGES. GOOD RICH OR VERY RICH? DAILY MIRROR: MANCINI WILL POCKET ALMOST 70 MILLION EUROS. TMW – BALOTELLI AT GENOA, HERE WE ARE! THE FREE ATTACKER IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOURS FOR VISITS
In recent weeks there has been talk of Lorenzo Lucca as the new Juventus striker. For a very simple reason, both in terms of characteristics and game idea, he should embody a deputy Vlahovic. At this moment the direction chosen by the Bianconeri is not clear, but it is equally clear that Milik, currently, cannot give great reassurances to be the reserve nine of the Bianconeri. Therefore there will be a need for an opportunity to try to improve a team that will play four competitions from the new year onwards: Champions League (perhaps), Italian Cup, Serie A and then the Club World Cup.
Lucca already has four goals this season. It is very likely that he will break double figures and, above all, he could be Retegui’s deputy for the next World Cup (with Scamacca as a crazy variable). So far the cold news, Juventus has never taken a step forward for the Friulian striker and, at least for now, there is no intention to look further into it. He remains on the list of candidates, but it is still difficult to think about a transfer in January when all the clubs have no intention of worsening their squad, especially if you intend to pursue an objective.
At this moment we should think about why Udinese should possibly deprive him of him in January. Net of the negotiations on ownership, the intention is to keep Lucca until the end of the season and then, possibly, sell him to the highest bidder, with Juve more than interested. Of course, if more than 20 million were to arrive, something would change, but it’s frankly difficult to imagine.
Roberto Mancini’s severance pay is also being discussed in England. The Italian coach, who terminated his contract with the Saudi Football Federation a few days ago, may in fact have pocketed an astronomical sum, higher than that revealed in the last few hours: according to information from the Daily Mirror, Mancio would have managed to obtain a check from over 70 million euros.
The former Italy coach completed only one of the four years of his contract. The English tabloid’s calculation is based on the established amount – 25 million euros (net of taxes) – for each year, so 75 million remain. Mancini’s adventure at the helm of Saudi Arabia lasted only 14 months , a period marked by just seven wins in 18 matches and a controversial exit in the round of 16 of the Asian Cup.
With this early farewell, Pep Guardiola returns to occupy first place among the highest paid coaches in the world, with his contract worth 24 million euros per year.
Mario Balotelli at Genoa, here we go. In fact, the decisive acceleration has arrived for the white smoke so hoped for in the rossoblù home. The 34-year-old, currently a free agent, is expected in the next few hours for the ritual visits with Alberto Gilardino’s Genoa.
The Genoa coach himself, in a press conference today on the eve of the match against Lazio, spoke thus of the possible arrival of the 1990-born striker: “He’s a free agent player, who I know. He’s a boy who, in my opinion, he has that motivation, that fire that he needs to be able to do well again, however, as I said before, given tomorrow’s match and for my team it is reductive to talk about who is not there The company knows what my thoughts are. We’ve been talking about some situations for two or three weeks now, we’re a little late given the objective problems we have in some departments.”
Genoa has therefore broken the deadlock and after a long evaluation has decided to hire Mario Balotelli. The choice is also a consequence of the serious injuries that have affected the team’s attacking front. Further updates are expected in the next few hours.
At the entrance to the Lega Serie A yesterday, Genoa president Alberto Zangrillo also spoke briefly to the microphones of the media present, answering the question about the possible arrival of the free agent Balotelli: “It doesn’t depend on me, I expressed a romantic dream and whether it also responds to a technical indication is not for me to say.”
OFFICIAL – IMPORTANT RENEWAL FOR UNION BERLIN: JANIK HABERER SIGNS UNTIL 2027. OFFICIAL – FEYENOORD BLINDA PAIXAO: THE BRAZILIAN’S CONTRACT EXTENDED UNTIL 2029. OFFICIAL – NEW SHAKE IN BOCHUM: AFTER THE EXEMPTION OF THE TEACHER AND DS, THE PRESIDENT RESIGNS
Janik Haberer will continue his adventure with Union Berlin. Through its official channels, the German capital club has announced the renewal of the 30-year-old midfielder’s contract.
Arriving in 2022 on a free transfer from Freiburg, Haberer had an agreement until 2025, which has now been extended. The new terms are not known, although in Germany they are sure that the new contract will expire in 2027.
He had arrived a little quietly in the summer of 2022, almost as an unknown. In two years, however, Igor Guilherme Barbosa da Paixão has earned trust and respect and has become one of the best players in the Dutch league. Thus, Feyenoord decided to reward the 24-year-old Brazilian with a new contract.
Paixao has joined the Rotterdam club until 30 June 2029. This season he has already played 12 games, scoring 2 goals and 6 assists. Since wearing the red and white shirt he has played 94 matches, scoring 23 goals and 16 assists.
Hans-Peter Villis has announced his resignation from the position of chairman of the board of directors and supervisory board of Bochum. The 66-year-old stepped down from the role due to health issues; his vacant position will be filled temporarily by Martin Volpers and Uwe Tigges.
Bochum have won just 1 point in their first seven Bundesliga games and the club responded to the crisis by sacking coach Peter Zeidler and sporting director Marc Lettau at the start of the week.