Serie A Superthread 2011/2012

dor83

It's officially back to 2 non-EU players.

The FIGC and Lega explain the decision to scrap the one non-EU player limit “restores competitiveness to Italian football.”
Serie A clubs were only allowed to buy one new non-EU player per season as of last summer, when Italy’s dismal showing in the 2010 World Cup prompted a rethink.

Clubs were unhappy at the change and welcomed today’s return to the limit of two players who do not have European Union passports.

“The rule was changed after a unanimous agreement on what is a strategic problem for Italian football,” said Federation President Giancarlo Abete.

Lega Serie A President Maurizio Beretta also commented on the regulation.

“The return to two non-EU players restores competitiveness to Italian football. All the elements were in sync regarding this decision – Serie A, B, Lega Pro and amateurs.”

Nuri Sahin

Inter sign Ricky Alvarez from Velez for 9 million euro according to Sky Italia. Will be in Milan on Thursday.

dor83

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Ricky Alvarez from Velez for 9 million euro according to Sky Italia. Will be in Milan on Thursday.

€12m is what I've heard, 5.7 up front + 3.5 add ons + Tax of about 2.8, it would be a decent price imo. There has been talk that Banega will only cost about €10m, if that happens it will be a bargain.

EDIT: Just read this.

Ricky Alvarez admits he is “very close to Inter, though my agent told me not to say anything until it’s official. I’m very grateful to Javier Zanetti.”
The Velez Sarsfield star is thought to have clinched a deal worth €9m plus another €3m in performance-related bonuses.

“Everyone says we’re very close to completing the move to Inter, though my agent told me not to say anything until it’s official,” declared the Argentine.

“I can only say that I am very grateful to Zanetti for what he has done for me. I think my father will come with me on my new adventure, followed by my mother and my sister.”

According to Sky Sport Italia, Alvarez will sign a five-year contract worth €1m per season when he arrives for a medical on Thursday.

Velez Sarsfield also confirmed the Nerazzurri are on the verge of completing their swoop, beating competition from Arsenal and Roma.

“There were three clubs who wanted Alvarez, but we met several times with Inter’s directors and are close to finalising the deal, even if there are some details left to file down,” said President Raffaini.

“The lad really wants to try out this new experience, but we would like to keep hold of 15 per cent of his contract.”

EDIT 2: It would seem that Jonathan will be signed next week.

Inter director Marco Branca has hinted Douglas Maicon could leave, “but so far we haven’t received adequate offers.”
There are question marks over the Brazilian after they secured a deal for Santos starlet Jonathan.

“We have no intention of selling out big players. We could only talk about it when faced with incredible offers,” technical director Branca told Sky Sport Italia.

“Jonathan will arrive next week, but he won’t be Maicon’s replacement, because Maicon is staying as so far we haven’t received adequate offers.”

It is effectively a call for clubs, above all Real Madrid, to make a proposal for the right-back.

Another veteran considering his future is Lucio, whose contract expires in June 2012.

“There is a problem over the length of Lucio’s contract in the renegotiations, but we are confident he can stay with us.”

Branca also commented on other players linked with Inter this summer.

“Eder Banega? We cannot talk about negotiations as such, but there is an interest. Erik Lamela is a player we are tracking.”

Nuri Sahin

dor83 wrote: »

€12m is what I've heard, 5.7 up front + 3.5 add ons + Tax of about 2.8, it would be a decent price imo. There has been talk that Banega will only cost about €10m, if that happens it will be a bargain.

EDIT: Just read this.

Saw that. Would be the biggest steal this summer.

dor83

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Saw that. Would be the biggest steal this summer.

Yeah, especially when you consider Valencia paid €18m for him and he has only just turned 23.

Paully D

Stekelenberg gone to Roma? Great signing for them.

Pinturicchio

New Juve kits.

Mr. Presentable

Marchisio is turning into a big bloke!

Pinturicchio

Call-ups for the pre-season training camp. Sissoko is a goner. Edit: Grosso is too.

Amauri
Barzagli
Bonucci
Buffon
Chiellini
De Ceglie
De Silvestro
Del Piero

Grygera

Iaquinta

Kirev

Krasic

Lichtsteiner
Manninger
Marchisio
Marrone
Martinez

Matri

Melo

Motta
Pazienza
Pepe
Pirlo
Quagliarella

Sorensen
Storari
Toni
Ziegler

Mr. Presentable

And, lest we forget, Salihamidzic

Pinturicchio

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

And, lest we forget, Salihamidzic

He has already signed for Wolfsburg. His contract with Juve expired at the end of last season.

Grosso and Sissoko are still Juve players.

AIR-AUSSIE

Pinturicchio wrote: »

He has already signed for Wolfsburg. His contract with Juve expired at the end of last season.

Grosso and Sissoko are still Juve players.

Wasn't there a pic in this thread earlier of Sissoko back for pre-season earlier?

I'm liking the goalkeeper's jersey.

Pinturicchio

AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »

Wasn't there a pic in this thread earlier of Sissoko back for pre-season earlier?

I'm liking the goalkeeper's jersey.

He came back to Juve's training ground (along with De Ceglie, Martinez and Quagliarella) earlier than players were required to. The rest of the squad will start pre-season with a training camp away from Turin. Grosso and Sissoko won't be involved in that.

AIR-AUSSIE

Pinturicchio wrote: »

He came back to Juve's training ground (along with De Ceglie, Martinez and Quagliarella) earlier than players were required to. The rest of the squad will start pre-season with a training camp away from Turin. Grosso and Sissoko won't be involved in that.

I always liked Sissoko for some reason. Where's he going?

grenache

Pinturicchio wrote: »

This is by a Juventus fan on another forum. He knows more about Calciopoli than anyone else who posts on the internet in English. :P


Nothing will happen. Palazzi released this statement along with the archiving of the whole case due to the statue of limitations being exceeded. There is no sweeping under the rug anymore. The statement itself already did that.

Palazzi identified all that was wrong with the initial verdict and then closed the case up by saying…(I’m summarizing) “unfortunately we have exceeded permissible timeframes that would have permitted corrective measures”. He represents the FIGC when he says that so that is it from their end. “We messed up and that is that”.

The scudetto being revoked is all that can occur because that has nothing to do with the statute of limitations and that is likely where it will end.

Some may recall that months ago I said this whole thing would end behind closed doors amidst wine and cigar smoke. It would allow all to save face and proceed with their usual lives. Here it is.

Juventus can say “we tried our best and now Inter lost the title they never won”
Inter can say “we feel we did nothing wrong and never went to Serie B”
FIGC can say “we tried our best but ran out of time”

The morons regardless of fanbase will feel appeased.

In the meantime come August it is business as usual. Nothing changes.

My feeling is that everyone knew all along how this would end as that was likely decided well in advance. Why else did Juve put so little pressure on the federation, why else wasn’t Inter too concerned (even skipping court dates) and why else did the FIGC wait until the 5 year anniversary to figure **** out?

So we can blame Berlusconi's meddling with Italian law for time "running out"?

Pinturicchio

AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »

I always liked Sissoko for some reason. Where's he going?

He was great under Ranieri, but lost the ability to control or pass a football since Ranieri left.

PSG maybe.

grenache wrote: »

So we can blame Berlusconi's meddling with Italian law for time "running out"?

Basically, yes.

The FIGC are meeting on the 18th of July. Something will probably come from that meeting.

Nuri Sahin

Lamela in Italy today, will be in talks with Roma. Delighted if both player and club conclude a deal (have a soft spot for Roma). Very talented, expect him to do more than well for them.

grenache

A few shots of Juve's new stadium. What a beaut! The architecture is a millions times better than any of those plastic cereal box stadia that have invaded the English landscape over the last 15 years. Italians are so stylish!

Jelle1880

Yep, it truly looks fantastic.

If only more Italian grounds would follow their example.

Pinturicchio

Inter to keep controversial 2006 title-reports

ROME, July 18 (Reuters) - The saga over the fate of the 2006 Italian title appears to be finally over after the football federation (FIGC) decided it did not have the authority to take the scudetto away from Inter Milan, Italian media reported on Monday.
Inter, who were handed the 2006 title by default after table-toppers Juventus were demoted and second-placed AC Milan docked points for influencing the selection of referees, had been under investigation since last year after new evidence emerged in the criminal case into the match-fixing scandal.
Lawyers said phonetaps also implicated Inter in the affair for the first time but the club denied wrongdoing.
Despite the presentation of a report by FIGC prosecutors accusing Inter of sporting fraud, the FIGC's executive committee voted by a majority decision in Rome on Monday that a ruling to revoke the 2005/6 scudetto was beyond its jurisdiction, reports said.
The federation was not available for comment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/9749911

Pinturicchio

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Nuri Sahin

Pinturicchio wrote: »

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What was the reported fee in the end? Cracking bit of business by Juve.

Pinturicchio

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

What was the reported fee in the end? Cracking bit of business by Juve.

€5m now
€3m in June 2012
€2.5m December 2012

+

A possible €2m in bonuses

5 year contract. Salary €2.5m - €3m.

dor83

That's a bargain, I can't believe some of the prices this year, there are some real bargains while some players are hugely overvalued.

Pinturicchio

Juve are playing Sporting Lisbon in Toronto at midnight tonight Irish time. First proper friendly after a couple of easy wins against amateur teams.

Pinturicchio

Finished 2-1 to Sporting.

Beautiful goal by Del Piero.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDpVfw09aM

dor83

Viviano has done his cruciate.

Italy and Inter goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano could miss the entire season after suffering the “complete lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament.”
The shot-stopper had only just completed his transfer to the Nerazzurri after a blind auction resolved the co-ownership deal with Bologna.

It was announced this evening that Viviano has suffered a devastating injury during pre-season training.

“Viviano underwent tests with Professor Franco Combi, medical director at F.C. Internazionale.

“The tests showed the complete lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“Over the next few days the necessary surgery will be planned out.”

This is a serious injury and could keep Viviano out of action for around five months.

I feel really sorry for him, but is a way it could be good for him if Cesar has another season like last season and Viviano comes back well in the second half of the season he could take Cesars place.

mike65

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/9764701

ROME, July 26 (Reuters)-Serie A clubs Chievo Verona and Atalanta along with former Italian internationals Giuseppe Signori and Cristiano Doni have been cited for suspected match-fixing by the Italian football federation's sporting prosecutor, the governing body reported on its website figc.it on Tuesday.

The top-flight clubs are joined by Serie B's Ascoli, Verona and Sassuolo and another 13 clubs from Italy's lower leagues with potential punishments decided by the FIGC's disciplinary commission at an undisclosed date.

Twenty-four footballers, coaches and directors from Italy's lower leagues have also been cited by the body.

Nuri Sahin

Wow, Zamparini confirms Pastore to PSG will happen and an announcement will be made early next week. as massive as it is a loss for Seria A, it's a massive step forward for French league football let alone PSG. Pastore is/was one of my favourite players in Seria A. Absolutely adore the guy as a player. Immensely talented. The reported fee is around 43 million euros.

Pinturicchio

Mirko Vucinic has signed for Juventus.

http://www.juventus.com/wps/portal/en/news/1august2011_Vucinic_Signs/!ut/p/b1/xZLJjqNADIafpR-gm4IildSRJewQwg4XBCRhh8qwhOTpJ9PSHPvc_iVLtnz4fttUQkVUMmRrXWZzPQ5Z969OUMogDju6TANgBxJQTVuVPd4LaJuhQipS4mUTRvMhcUK6FcdtFZzsOF3cSHWZM2rPEuyw1hx9n2nN9Mbo7EZD0-S5Ilig7L-0hbndomUX0fNOVxawdsFW4qab23LaMOkEUTx_luNBw4OCx-5w9uzH40z-zOxFzJ9ZjE9xI_BqDF1ieCWRkB7kkca41kXLNaaXu4pPThldAezlw7iWYjuG7cJ9fLzZk2974IfgABW_B_YpA4CMeZoDMjR4oPq6pBj8nj65DOVREWBTt3kQiEdgi4pv1bNrG0Kleya2aDU1n_hiee3r5Fq-4lZFm6B8dDYS99XUEbqNUZ3l2m7405M61haSyfewQ9U9IYKf9ducyXqShKdm4NcScaWIiruf_Af74TAO_G2wnzZG_xqYRiV13n89iv4LfMEDRAykEWTemT0gKmgKgEVWfUhqVEXQUpAZOS-nDMeXGgu5fvbrEaDgloXsmkaLtrCDd91dnUqJpslRWFvQqpcxB6O7HE1WvoMm5j4Xrnuwk0f2blgWWtZqlySNn1HIJfslj-jJaAPM5-dnjj518uokppcCMQTusx43aDmTmq72E-rmjUgVtwfGZodMdnH0K4_YOnvBQUuEd6OBITbWA1JE1rqyJvdBWcrYXynSr-RAfwuW74f_C8qU0fw!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?pragma=no-cache

Pinturicchio

Nuri Sahin

Roma agree fee for Nilmar. Would be a brilliant signing for Roma. Lamela supporting Nilmar is the way to go, assuming the transfer goes ahead without any issues.

Ulysses Gaze

Pinturicchio wrote: »

Speaking of the new Arena....

Juventus have announced the sale of 23,000 season tickets ahead of the 2011-12 campaign. This will prove welcome among the hierarchy at the Turin giants, as just 14,600 season tickets were sold in 2010-11, as the club finished in 7th place in Serie A.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/serie-a/2011/08/04/2604437/juventus-announce-23000-season-tickets-sold-for-2011-12

dor83

Supercoppa kicks off in just under an hour, really looking forward to this match. Line-ups are:

Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 23 Ranocchia, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 8 Thiago Motta, 5 Stankovic, 20 Obi; 11 Alvarez, 10 Sneijder, 9 Eto'o.
Bench: 12 Castellazzi, 37 Faraoni, 44 Bianchetti, 77 Muntari, 7 Pazzini, 27 Pandev, 30 Castaignos.

Milan: 32 Abbiati; 20 Abate, 13 Nesta, 33 Thiago Silva, 19 Zambrotta; 8 Gattuso, 4 Van Bommel, 10 Seedorf; 27 Boateng; 70 Robinho, 11 Ibrahomivic.
Bench: 1 Amelia, 76 Yepes, 25 Bonera, 23 Ambrosini, 28 Emanuelson, 99 Cassano, 7 Pato.

Nuri Sahin

Really open game so far. Robinho should have done far better there, superb build up and flick by Ibra.

lovely play between ibra and robinho there, should have scored

flahavaj

Is Sneijder playing as one of the front three today?

Nuri Sahin

Haha Gattuso. Should be sent off for a 2nd yellow on Obi.

Kerrydude1981

Gattusso was a lucky boy there.

dor83

1-0 Sneijder free kick.

Nuri Sahin

Sneijder ! Free kick, 1-0 to Inter

Raskolnikov

Abbiati should have gotten to that.

An Citeog

Abbiati is a shockingly bad goalkeeper imo.

Rekop dog

An Citeog wrote: »

Abbiati is a shockingly bad goalkeeper imo.

Wrong

Raskolnikov

Milan losing this in the middle of the field. Van Bommel has done nothing and Gattuso seems to want to get himself sent off.

Nuri Sahin

Ibra unlucky there, off the post.

Nuri Sahin

Milan looking the better team this half. Seeing more of the ball and getting in dangerous positions. Pato coming on now it looks like.

Nuri Sahin

Fantastic goal. 1-1.

Perfect ball over the top from Robinho for Seedorf to knock it across goal for Ibra to tap in.

edit - Pato on for Robinho

dor83

Chivu is useless, never should have let Seedorf get that ball.

everdead.ie

I don't understand how Robinho is playing for such a massive club as AC I really think he's over rated