Calciomercato – All Today’s Italy Transfer News and Rumours

Plenty of interesting transfer news and speculations today! Here is a full round-up of all the best stories:

NAPOLI:
– Napoli sporting director Riccardo Bigon has landed in London to finalise the signing of Tottenham midfielderEtienne Capoue.
– EXCLUSIVE! Calciomercato.it undertands Napoli are in advanced talks to sign Al Ain left winger Michel Bastos on €1M initial loan with a purchase option to buy of €4.5M at the end of the campaign.

JUVENTUS:
– According to ‘Sky Italy’, Arsenal have stepped up their interest in signing Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic.
– “Do I agree with our strategy this market? I try to coach the players that the club make available to me. AS Romaand Napoli are reinforcing further and that’s not a positive thing for us”, Juventus boss Antonio Conte told reporters.
– Juventus chief executive Beppe Marotta has told reporters Alvaro Morata is “unreachable” and Paul Pogba is “not for sale”.

MILAN:
– EXCLUSIVE! The agent of Michael Essien, Fabien Piveteau, has played down recent rumours linking the wantaway Chelsea midfielder with a move to AC Milan or Napoli. “He could leave the ‘Blues’ this month but no approach from Italy has yet been made”, he told Calciomercato.it.
According to ‘The Times’, AC Milan are preparing to make a bid for Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul following the appointment of Clarence Seedorf as coach.

INTER:
– Inter Milan left-back Alvaro Pereira is reportedly on the verge of joining San Paolo on loan.
– According to ‘Sport Mediaset’ Manchester United are eyeing a €24M move for both Inter‘s Yuto Nagatomo andFredy Guarin.
– According to ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, Borussia Dortmund is ready to make a €7M offer for Inter Milan defenderAndrea Ranocchia.
– EXCLUSIVE! Wallace‘s agent, Frederico Moraes, has denied that the Brazilian right-back (on-loan from Chelsea) wants to leave Inter Milan this month. “Wallace wants to stay until June”, he told Calciomercato.it.

ROMA:
– “I spoke with Sabatini and asked him to let us play the three games in the next eight days and then we might discuss the transfer market”, AS Roma boss Rudi Garcia told reporters.
– AS Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini is reportedly set to meet with Johnny Heitinga’s italian representative this Friday afternoon for initial negotiations.

LAZIO:
– According to ‘Sky Italy’ Inter Milan are trying to hijack Lazio Roma’s move for Nantes striker Filip Djordjevic.
– EXCLUSIVE! Calciomercato.it undertands Everton have joined Fulham, Inter, Liverpool, Newcastle andSchalke 04 in the chase for Lazio Roma €10M-rated midfielder Onazi.

FIORENTINA:
– EXCLUSIVE! Calciomercato.it understands Galatasaray are set to win the race to sign Southampton wantaway playmaker (and Fiorentina target) Gaston Ramirez.
– EXCLUSIVE! Federico Ceccherini‘s agent, Vincenzo Rispoli, has revealed Fiorentina are only the latest club to enter the race for his client. “Genoa, Inter Milan and AS Roma are tracking him too”, he told Calciomercato.it.
– Brazilian midfielder Anderson has undergone his medical as part of completing a loan move from Manchester United to Fiorentina.

GENOA:
– EXCLUSIVE! “Genoa and Malaga are the only clubs to have made a formal offer for Ezequiel Rescaldani“, his agent Juan Manuel Arandilla told Calciomercato.it.

LIVORNO:
– EXCLUSIVE! “Livorno, Catania, Sassuolo e Chievo are all tracking Juan Aurich striker Roberto Ovelar“, his Italian agent Stefano Barattin has revealed to Calciomercato.it.

TORINO:
– EXCLUSIVE! Calciomercato.it sources understand Torino are keen on signing Liverpool Montevideo strikerRodrigo Aguirre but faces a tough competition from Sassuolo.

UDINESE:
– EXCLUSIVE! “Udinese are going to sell some players this month in order to let Piotr Zielinski play more”, his agent Patrick Mork has revealed to Calciomercato.it.

(on calciomercato.it)