We’re almost there. 28 more days and it will be the transfer market again. The 2025 winter session will officially start on January 2nd and week after week things continue to change, the objectives of the big teams change, and the hope of the various coaches is not to have to say goodbye to other fundamental players, as has happened at Juventus with Bremer and how it could happen at Fiorentina with Edoardo Bove. First of all, let’s take a step back and return to the great fear that marked Sunday’s Serie A in Florence. The purple number 4 lying on the ground, the group of players and members of the various staff to cover him, the faces marked by shock, the tears, are still in the minds of all of us. But the most important news arrived almost immediately and the terror slowly transformed into something different, even though there were many questions that we all asked ourselves and continue to ask ourselves. All’s well that ends well though and nothing else matters. The hope is to be able to see Bove back on the pitch in Serie A soon but even if that isn’t the case, the only thing that matters will be to see him with a smile, and this is certain to happen. Let’s go back to the transfer market and what could happen in January, also because Edoardo doesn’t want too much talk about what happened and we try to please him.
The backup center forward.
One of the certain things ahead of January is that there will be a lot of attackers coming and going. There are two clubs that will certainly be looking for a backup striker: on the one hand Roma, who are looking for deputy Dovbyk, and on the other, Fiorentina, who must go looking for a center forward who can give Kean a breather. But the discussion may not stop here, given that as we have already told you, Juventus will decide on the fly whether to intervene in attack as well as in defence. Arkadiusz Milik is about to return to the field, finally, but only if he gives the right guarantees will he earn the role of deputy Vlahovic for the second part of the season. Otherwise, Juve will also be added to Roma and Fiorentina and the task will not be easy, given that it is not a given that we will be able to get an attacker who can solve this problem.
Other strategies and unexpected events.
Roma will also look for a right winger and a defender, Juventus will have to intervene in the defensive department with a couple of signings, Napoli will also think about retaining the reserves and perhaps look for something based on Antonio Conte’s requests, Milan could go looking of a midfielder, but then there are also Atalanta and Lazio, who have no goals, because the squads are as good as they are. Barring unforeseen circumstances. Yes, the unexpected events which, as the word itself says, certainly cannot be foreseen. The illness that stopped Edoardo Bove is proof of this, because Fiorentina will move based on what will be the official news on the midfielder’s possibility of recovery or not, but Juventus itself had no plans to do who knows what in the transfer market winter but serious injuries have changed the strategy and as we said earlier, in 28 days things can change very quickly for everyone.
Is the Italian Cup an objective or an obstacle?
Let’s definitely change the subject and stop for a moment to think about the matches played in the last three days. Is the Italian Cup really a goal for all Italian teams? Or sometimes you even prefer, although clearly no one will ever admit it, to leave as soon as possible so as not to waste energy to dedicate to championship goals. The lineups sent onto the field by the various coaches, not all of them but almost all of them, make us understand many things. Whether it’s the top teams or the others, we’ve seen the starting lineups filled with second lines and so the question that arises spontaneously is: can’t we really make this competition interesting? Possible? We need another reform, there’s no point in hiding it, and it certainly won’t be the elimination of extra time, in the event of a draw in the 90th minute, until the semi-finals that will increase the attention and desire to give 100% in the national cup. Those responsible should work to change the appeal, perhaps by offering a place in the Champions League up for grabs, or something like that. It’s not up to us to say what, but someone should really think about it. The Italian Cup deserves something more.