More pre-season update;

Trofeo Berlusconi is no longer against the CL winners?

i hate this pre season italian trophy. buffon got injured during those game and never recover his form ever since.

Agent Of CSKA Moscow's Milos Krasic Denies Personal Terms Agreed With Juventus

Reports broke yesterday that CSKA Moscow's Milos Krasic had agreed personal terms with Juventus. However, his agent Marco Naletilic has denied any such deal has taken place.

"The internet information about Milos Krasic allegedly signing a personal contract with Juventus is delirium.

"I have said recently and I will repeat this once again; there is no news on Krasic to Juventus. Krasic is an active player with an operating contract. How can something be signed if it is against all regulations?," his agent told bobsoccer.ru.

Yesterday Krasic told Sky Sport Italia that he had agreed personal terms but the long awaited switch for the Serbian international is still in the balance.


My goodness.. how long is this going to drag? He better be worth it

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Added on August 10, 2010, 5:01 pmBREAKING NEWS: Diego Set To Leave Juventus For Wolfsburg - Report
The two sides have reportedly reached an agreement about a €16 million transfer fee...

Brazilian playmaker Diego appears to be on his way out of Serie A titans Juventus asWolfsburg have made a €16 million offer for the former Werder Bremen star. A report on Sky Sport Italia claims that Juventus are about to accept the Wolfe's offer and the deal could be completed later today.

Juventus sporting director Giuseppe Marotta and Wolfsburg's Dieter Hoeness met at Galileo Ferraris on Monday and it was initially thought that the transfer of Bosnian international Edin Dzeko was the subject of transfer talks.

However, later reports suggested that the two sporting directors were discussing the transfer of Diego and those reports now turn out to be true.

Wolfsburg are in the market for a new attacking midfielder because of the expected departure of Zvjezdan Misimovic, who is being linked with Schalke, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid. New head coach Steve McClaren sees the 25-year-old Diego as the perfect replacement.

Diego joined Juventus from Werder Bremen for a fee of around €25.5m in the summer of 2009, but the gifted midfielder never really settled in his new surroundings.

As a result, Juventus have now supposedly decided to cash in on Diego. The Turin side are expected to spend the income of the transfer of the Brazilian midfielder on a new left back and a striker. Olympique Lyonnais' Michel Bastos appears to be the top candidate for the problem left-back position.



This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Aug 10 2010, 05:01 PM

stupid move(if its going to happen). I'd take Diego over TWO Dzeko anyday.. Now who gonna provide the creativity from the middle to the targetmen?
Sissoko & Melo? Gio already out...now Diego to follow suit..

somehow the idea of selling diego is not bad at all and if the money is good, krasic and bastos may in. poulsen can go where he want, new striker will in.

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Added on August 10, 2010, 11:32 pmDavide Lanzafame's Diary

some lil diary from the winger for us to read. kudos to Jason.

This post has been edited by RitzyMazzy: Aug 10 2010, 11:32 PM

dono la, imma still crossing finger about whos IN & whos OUT.

btw italy vs cote d'ivore tonite. can't wait to watch 'new azzuri' under prandelli showing wat they're capable of

i dont expect a win..but im damn happy finally we can watch cassano and balotelli. they should pick lanzafame as well. these ppl are ready. forza Lanza!

we lose, but dis team got potential though. Not to mention the bucket of chance they got during the match. And the attacking trio look more lively compare to the 'static pole' of iaquinta & gilardino we got at the world cup

Balotelli and Cassasno clearly showed what our team was missing during WC.

Amauri no comment, I think he did pretty decent. He still have long way to go to make a big impression like Vieri or the 2006 Toni though.

I'm not surprised that our weak link is Molinaro . When is Santon going to be back from injury .

OOT
It's kinda weird to watch amauri wearing a azzurri shirt..feel it's like he is not "italian" enough to wear it.(i know he brazilian).
But when camo wear it, it's like normal italian.

Somehow or rather Chiellini sometimes still showed that he suffers from lapses in concentration. Hopefully Bonucci can back him up more..

yups i did noticed it also. chiello no longer 'the monster' he was like he did in past 2 seasons (and who can forget the special treatment he dishes to ibra when he return to turin ) since he'd return from injury last season..

Haha, well, most of italy's brilliant's defenders always have 1 minute of concentration lapse. Remember Euro 2004? Even the legendary Cannavaro-Nesta always have 1 minute lapse (around 89-90 min). Luckily there's always Buffon and Maldini there to back up.

I think Chiellini will need to be stronger. Canna is no longer here, and Bonucci is still very young even though he's a good partner in the center of defence.

Oh well, there's still time. I'm happy that Balotelli and Cassano had a good game. I lost count how many free kicks Balotelli manage to earn for us. Imagine those number of free kicks earned, and someone with ADP's calibre taking it...Now I guess the free kick shots are now left to DDR. I guess DDR will be the next captain for the national team after Buffon retires.

Amori weird? Is it cuz of is samba-like hair style?

Best transfer this season. we got rid one of many secco biggest big wage salary guy - poulsen. i believe all Juventus fan relieve.

I guest those Liverpool fans who enjoice they are getting good transfer from poulsen probably stupid....really, they should see Serie A and see how his fare his performance...

yups poulsen out already.. now i hope marotta juz sign anyone either dzeko, krasic, bastos etc.. the earlier, the better for them to gel quicker with the team

im more interested to get elia than krasic. during wc2010, he just didnt do anything wrong on the pitch. kinda amaze me.

my only regret is what took them so long to get rid of these players. molinaro, tiago, poulsen, amauri, melo, grosso..

I knid of feel that our transfers have gone downhill. After dragging for weeks we only managed to get rid of Poulson and stupidly sent Gio on loan instead of heavily utilizing him for the up coming season.. To add to the top of it, we are going to sell Diego and have yet to purchase either Krasic or Dzeko... and a much needed left back...

Now we are really looking at the prospect of Amauri, Iaquinta or Trezeguet leading our forward line and Martinez and Lazafame at the wings.. =_= This lineup is way too mediocre... How are we going to challedge for the Europa Cup or the Serie A with this squad?

Thumbs down to Marotta..

This post has been edited by Jusstatic: Aug 13 2010, 08:58 AM

Guys, if it isn't too much trouble, would you mind sharing by providing us a review of Poulsen on the Liverpool thread?

got live Trofeo Tim & Real Madrid vs Munchen tonite