Tranfers & Rumours Thread in Italian Football and Serie A from Football.co.uk

G_Man · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:16 am

Quote:

Italy striker Antonio Cassano has moved from Real Madrid to Sampdoria on a permanent basis after a successful loan deal with the Serie A club, the Primera Liga side said on Friday.

Real did not disclose any further details, but Spanish media said the temperamental 25-year-old had been given a free transfer.

Cassano joined Real on a 4-1/2-year deal from AS Roma for 5.5 million euros in January 2006, but never settled at the Bernabeu and had several run-ins with then coach Fabio Capello during the following season.

He made it clear he did not want to remain at Real and went on loan to Sampdoria in August last year.

He had a superb campaign with the Serie A club but also hit the headlines for being given a five-match ban for verbally abusing a referee and throwing his shirt at him.

Eyebrows were raised last week when Roberto Donadoni named him in the Italy squad for Euro 2008, having not been called up since 2006.

Is good he has signed for sampdoria as its important for him to keep playing first team football. Has paid off and now in italy squad for the euros campaign

Del Piero 10 · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:15 pm

I heard Del Piero thought he linked up well with Cassano and is trying to convince him to join Juventus, hopefully it's true Very Happy

.

G_Man · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:34 am

Wont be any time soon if he has just signed a deal with Sampdoria

Del Piero 10 · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:41 am

G_Man wrote:

Wont be any time soon if he has just signed a deal with Sampdoria

Never say never, but either way we can wait for him to improve even more and be worthy of wearing the Bianconera shirt Smile

G_Man · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:27 am

Quote:

Italy reserve keeper Marco Amelia broke off from his Euro 2008 preparations to sign for Serie A side Palermo on Thursday.

Amelia has left relegated Livorno and agreed a four-year contract, the Sicilians said on their website.

The world champions have a number of players in their Euro squad who are in the process of moving clubs.

Genoa striker Marco Borriello is returning to co-owners AC Milan, with the deal due to be made official after the end of the tournament in Austria and Switzerland.

Media reports have said Palermo defender Andrea Barzagli has agreed a transfer to Germany's VfL Wolfsburg.

Full back Gianluca Zambrotta clinched a move from Barcelona to Milan days before the Italy squad flew out to their base south of Vienna.

Coach Roberto Donadoni said recently he wanted transfer talk to be kept to a minimum as his side prepare for their first Group C match against Netherlands in Berne on Monday

Is he a good goal keeper?

GOBati · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:42 am

In Serie A he's probably the best keeper after Buffon, Julio Cesar and Frey

Del Piero 10 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:07 pm

He's better than goal keepers like Schwarzer but worse than keepers like Toldo

Sticky T · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:12 pm

he's 10 times as good as schwarzer, who i pretty useless now in my opinion. very average indeed. toldo is past it as well.

i think a good comparison would be friedal

GOBati · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:50 pm

Riise to Roma seems already a done deal �6,3 millions to Liverpool �1,5/1,7 millions to the player

Roma also follows Liverpool's Harry Kewell and Man U Luois Saha

Del Piero 10 · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:19 pm

GOBati wrote:

Riise to Roma seems already a done deal �6,3 millions to Liverpool �1,5/1,7 millions to the player

Roma also follows Liverpool's Harry Kewell and Man U Luois Saha

Hope he doesn't score more own goals for his own good Crying or Very sad

GOBati · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:38 pm

Yeah I hope he doesn't Razz

Anyway now it's official: Riise signed a 4 years contract with AS Roma for �1,4 millions per season. �5 millions go to Liverpool

Del Piero 10 · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:16 pm

And Palacio has told Lazio to come get him, I think they agreed a 14 million deal.

GOBati · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:26 pm

Catania bought Pablo Ledesma from Boca Juniors and Nicoale Dica two good deal for them

Davide Lanzafame from Juventus goes to Palermo on co-ownership

G_Man · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:53 pm

Czech under-19 striker Libor Kozak has been signed by Italian Serie A club Lazio, his second division club Slezsky FC Opava announced on Saturday.

Kozak signed a five-year contract with the Rome-based club, the CTK agency said, adding that according to unofficial sources they paid 1.2 million euros (1.8 million dollars).

The forward scored 11 goals for the Czech club last season and hit the net three times in eight appearances for his country at under-19 level.

Never heard of him

G_Man · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:52 am

Versatile Brazilian Mancini is expected to swap Roma for Italian champions Inter Milan in a deal reported to be worth around 13 million euros. "The two parties are satisfied," Inter official Gabriele Oriali told Sky television.

Italian media claimed that the 27-year-old would be paid around 3.5 million euros a season. He would link up with his compatriots Julio Cesar, Maicon, Maxwell and Adriano at the Nerazzurri.

Mancini moved to Roma from Atletico Mineiro in January 2003, and has since won the Coppa Italia twice and played in two UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, where Roma were beaten by Manchester United. In total, he has made 154 appearances in Serie A, scoring 40 goals

G_Man · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:32 pm

Udinese's Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan has signed a four-year deal with French first division club Rennes, the buying club's website said on Friday.

The details of the deal have yet to announced, but press reports in Italy indicate it could be in the region of 8 million euro (13 million dollars).

Gyan, 22, went down in the history books in 2006 when he became the first Ghanaian to score a goal at the FIFA World Cup� finals in Germany.

Max · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:17 am

How good is this guy? I do not know much about him.

G_Man · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:19 am

Im same max dont no alot about him apart from he scored a goal at the world cup for ghana, there first ever.

GOBati · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:58 pm

He's the classic african player great pace but lacks of technique, nothing special imho

Max · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:31 am

Thanks for the info Smile