The summary of all the transfer market news of the day that has just been archived.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.
GASPERINI: “MALDINI IS A PLAYER VERY SIMILAR TO THE TYPE OF THOSE ATALANTA IS THINKING OF”. FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS FOR RICIO DELLA DEA AND BOUFANDAR OF JUVENTUS. MILAN, MANCHESTER CITY ON REIJNDERS. ROME, JURIC IN THE FINAL CITLES: IDEAS MANCINI, SOUSA, RANIERI, LAMPARD AND POTTER. DE ROSSI WILL NOT BE BACK
ATALANTA
The Atalanta coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, in his interview on Radio Anch’io Sport on Radio Rai, also spoke about Daniel Maldini as a possible new reinforcement for the Dea: “I don’t know, he’s certainly a boy who is doing a lot good. Atalanta must look around, especially on this profile of players. They are the ones they can afford, who they can improve and grow. The most important objective for Atalanta are the budgets, the type of player which he thinks is very similar to that of Maldini”.
Atalanta signs a contract renewal with a young midfielder and son of art. This is Lorenzo Riccio (18 years old), born in 2006 who is currently playing with the Primavera della Dea team and who perhaps in the next few years could also take his first steps with the Under 23 team in Serie C. The young Riccio, accompanied by Agent Vitor Saba of CAA Base has signed a professional contract until 30 June 2027 with Atalanta. His father, Luigi, as well as a former footballer, has been Gattuso’s deputy for several years, whom he also followed in his current adventure at Hajduk Split.
JUVENTUS
Adam Boufandar has signed his first professional contract, joining Juventus until 30 June 2026.
MILAN
Milan, amidst the difficulties of this start of the season, have discovered a new, evolved version of Tijjani Reijnders. According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, he has ended up in the sights of another big European club like Manchester City, with the Premier League champion club closely following his evolution also in terms of goals scored. Its value has more than doubled, so numbers in hand could reach 50 million euros. Milan for its part has no intention of depriving himself of him and he himself could decide to marry the Rossoneri colors again despite any proposals: in fact, in the coming months there will also be negotiations for the renewal with Milan, extending his current agreement until June of 2030 with a major adjustment to the salary. It would go from the current 1.6 million euros net per season to almost double.
ROME
Ivan Juric at the end credits. After the defeat in Verona against Hellas, the Croatian coach is in the balance and risks his job as Roma coach again. Il Messaggero takes stock of the possible successor to the former Torino coach and explains that at this moment both Claudio Ranieri and Roberto Mancini – both linked to the Giallorossi bench – have not yet been contacted. Furthermore, it must be considered that the former Saudi Arabia coach would prefer to return to Italy for work only starting from January, for fiscal reasons linked to taxation on those who have left our country and return. Different story for Paulo Sousa, former coach of Fiorentina and Salernitana currently at the helm of Shabab Al-Ahli, a club from the United Arab Emirates. Not only that: the names of Frank Lampard, former Chelsea legend, and Graham Potter have also bounced back from England in the last few hours. However, the return of Daniele De Rossi should be excluded.
ARSENAL LOSES A COLUMN: GOODBYE TO EDU GASPAR. AND IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO ANOTHER ENGLISH CLUB. RENNES, STEPHAN WACILLA: TICK THE NAME OF RUDI GARCIA TO REPLACE HIM. TROSSARD TEMPTED BY ARABIA, ARSENAL MARKED THE POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. AFTER VINICIUS, REAL WAS ASSAULTED ON ANOTHER FRONT, COMING FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE. BAYERN MUNICH LICKS THEIR MOUTHS FOR THE BUNDESLIGA’S VICE-Scorer, OUNAS IS REBORN IN QATAR. NEW LIFE FOR STEIJN, BOCHUM CHANGES TECHNICAL GUIDE.
Arsenal’s sporting director, Edu Gaspar, has officially resigned from his position, as announced a few moments ago by the London club. Gaspar joined the club in 2019 as technical director, gaining fateful promotion in 2022 and overseeing the footballing aspects of Arsenal’s men’s, women’s and academy teams. The club has not yet announced a replacement or future plans.
What future awaits Edu Gaspar? “It’s time to take on a different challenge,” he said. Yes, but which one? Apparently the owner of Nottingham Forest, Evangelos Marinakis, has shown interest in him and would like to include him in the club incredibly third in the Premier League. There’s more: according to the latest updates, the Brazilian manager has already agreed to join the Reds group. The signature has not yet arrived, the final details of his new assignment must be finalized, but the deal seems to be on track. Also because the now former Arsenal sporting director rejected offers from Brazil.
Rennes could change manager soon given the latest negative results and among the names taken into consideration to replace Julien Stéphan there would be that of Rudi Garcia. The French coach, a former flop on the Napoli bench, is without a team and has already worked with sporting director Frédéric Massara during their experience together at AS Roma.
Arsenal are preparing to sign West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus. The reason? Al Ittihad would like to get serious and sign Leandro Trossard, to the point of preparing an offer of almost 50 million euros. As for the 24-year-old from the Hammers, he has been in sensational form since arriving in the Premier League: scoring 16 goals and providing 7 assists in 55 appearances in all competitions. Kudus has almost four years left on his contract at West Ham, while Trossard, a 39-cap Belgian international, has just 18 months remaining on his Arsenal contract.
Manchester City are serious about Rodrygo. The Premier League giant has already offered 150 million euros to the Merengues to sign the former Santos player, also followed by other English clubs such as Liverpool, and who seem to have doubts about his future. The contract that binds the Brazilian to the Spanish capital club expires in 2028 and includes a release clause of one billion dollars, giving Real Madrid a strong position, at least until the attacker pushes for a transfer.
In addition to Liverpool, Bayern Munich are also making an offer for Omar Marmoush. The Bavarian club has shown a lot of appreciation for the center forward originally from Cairo, especially from the coach Kompany and the sporting director Eberl. There have been exploratory contacts between the parties, but nothing more: there are no negotiations underway. To get him from Eintracht Frankfurt, a minimum of 50-60 million euros will be needed.
Adam Ounas leaves Qatar again. The former attacking winger of Napoli, Cagliari and Crotone, released in July after the end of his two-year experience in Lille, is a new player for Al-Sadd, with whom he has signed a contract until 30 June 2025.
Maurice Steijn is the new coach of Sparta Rotterdam, who had sacked Jeroen Rijsdijk in recent days. Just over a year ago Steijn ended his brief stint on the Ajax bench, which lasted just 11 games with very disappointing results. A possibility that he had won thanks to the work done at Sparta Rotterdam, where he now returns with the aim of reviving a team in crisis.
Dieter Hecking returns to the bench. The German coach, 60 years old, is the new manager of Bochum: contract until June with the aim of avoiding relegation. The team has won only 1 point in the first nine games and is fresh from a heavy defeat (7-2) against Eintracht.