From Atalanta to Naples, here is the map of the new Serie A – Sport
The complicated Skriniar and Zaniolo cases made the end of a wartime transfer market hot, which was closed after a month of lackluster negotiations. Few movements from the big names, Serie A confirmed its peripheral projection given that the real shots were only outgoing. The Premier overpaid 25 million Kiwior at La Spezia and 30 million Traore’ at Sassuolo, a small amount compared to the madness of Chelsea: 250 million spent in the session which brought, among others, the Ukrainian Mudryk (100), the French Badiashile (40 ), Joao Felix (12 only on loan). Liverpool took Gakpo, Arsenal Jorginho, Bayern Cancelo. Skriniar will join the Parisians only in the summer.
Inter tried to get 20 million for a sale now, but PSG stopped at 10 and then it was too complicated to close in time to replace him with Demiral. The Zaniolo affair is even more daring: after Bournemouth’s refusal (with the rudeness of not even having met the managers who came to Rome), the threats at home, the flight to La Spezia, the unjustified absence from training, the the rethinking of the player. But the English club, which in the meantime had signed Traore’, said no and now the clumsy and temperamental striker risks spending the season on the sidelines.
Of the first tier teams, those that would have needed the most remained at a standstill: Milan for economic reasons (the priority is the complicated renewal of Leao) and Juventus also for the penalty and the wait for the next proceedings ( tried in vain to anticipate Cambiaso’s return from Bologna). INTER will think in order to replace Skriniar, the ATALANTA he cashed in as usual by selling Malinovskyi (Gollini and Zortea also left). There ROME he took defender Llorente and forward Solbakken, loaned Vina and Shomurodov. Apart from Zaniolo, Karsdorp remains to be reinstated. There LAZIO he managed to unblock the arrival of Luca Pellegrini (15 million loan with redemption) thanks to Fares’ upcoming move to Alanyaspor (the market is still open in Turkey). The NAPLESI completed the wing squad with the arrival of Bereszynski, second goalkeeper will be Gollini.
A few more movements among the teams chasing seventh place, which is worth Europe: TURIN has sold Lukic but has taken a loyalist from Juric, Ilic to which Vieira and Gravillon have been added. There FLORENTINE he withstood Barca’s assault for Amrabat, redeemed Barak, took Sirigu and Brekalo, also closed for Sabiri, who will remain at Sampdoria until June. UDINESE he sold Makengo for 13 million and, perhaps in anticipation of a summer sale of Deulofeu or Beto, he took on two forwards: the French world champion Thauvin and the young Belgian Diawara. The market is also goodEMPOLI (reinforced by Piccoli, Vignato and the return of Caputo) while the BOLOGNA made available to Thiago Motta Kyriakopoulos. SASSUOLO was very active, replacing Traore’ with Bajrami and adding Zortea in defence.
Among the other mid-table teams, the LECCE has included Maleh and Romagnoli, the movements of SALERNITANA are more substantial (Nicolussi Caviglia, Troost-Ekonh and above all the home goalkeeper Ochoa) and SPICE (Moutinho, Zurkowski and Shomurodov). A frenzied round of loans has affected the three formations that risk relegation. CREMONESE took Ferrari and Benassi and sold Zanimacchia; The VERONA try to redeem himself with defender Zeefuik, midfielder Duda and forwards Braaf and Ngonge; SAMPDORIA is looking for a shock in defense with Nuytinck and Zanoli, in midfield with Gunter and in attack with Lammers. But for all three it will still be difficult to get back on top.
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