[han2503]

All Summer Transfer talk here

Let's hope it's a good one

[han2503]

It doesn't come from the media. It was Cardinale's own words from an interview he released on the Financial Times.

"For me it was very important to conquer Maldini. We ended up spending three and a half hours together. It was great."

Regarding the budget, Tuttosport today reported we'll have a budget of 60m. Longo yesterday said 45m. Gazzetta two weeks ago said 100m. These journalists are a bunch of hypocrites. Italian journalism has truly reached rock bottom. Whenever they don't have any information about a specific story they start writing BS after BS just to fill their columns. Pathetic.

We'll see. We are on day 25 of June. 1 week before their contracts expire basically and still silence. Paolo was seen boarding a flight to Ibiza...

Just not reassuring atm. This should have been sorted out weeks ago. Botman got tired of waiting, and Lille were pushing him to take the Newcastle offer. We couldn't give him guarantees. So I don't blame him for making the choice he needed to make. The same will happen with Renato if PSG send in an official offer (so far they haven't according to Di Marzio). I'm not that worried about losing out on Botman. Just bring in a promising CB for the future and we're sorted there. Someone with a similar profile to Tomori but with a bit more imposing physique would be ideal. The key is that whoever it is is quick and athletic. CBs like Romagnoli should be avoided.

I really hope we do not lose out on Renato. He's the one I was most excited about. Because he'll transform our transitional play. Just have to get that done.

Botman to Newcastle done deal for 45m bonuses included.

Can't say I can blame anyone for this. That is an insane amount that we could never match.

Now before anyone jumps the gun and says we need to focus on Bremer, just don't forget that he costs a shitload of money as well.

They still keep saying 30m when linking him to Inter. Which makes absolutely no sense. If that is really the sum we should put our hat in the ring. If he's a lot more than that then it does not make sense that Inter would sell Skriniar only to spend more that 3/4 of that money on Bremer.