News:

- According to the 'Daily Star', Manchester United have decided to close the market entry. No more Sneijder, then: Inter can breathe ...

- Santiago Silva is about to sign with Fiorentina, and Velez gets angry with the purple company. The president Julio Baldomar said: "We are amazed, our relationships with Fiorentina close here."

- OFFICIAL - Cagliari have announced the return of midfielder Mark Mancosu on loan to Syracuse.

- Beppe Bozzo to 'Sky Sport 24': "Zarate is on a tentative interest from Inter, but the formula of the loan with the right of redemption is not pleasing to Lotito."

- Amauri to Parma? Dove doesn't think so: "It 'just a smash" he says.

- OFFICIAL - The Milazzo, Catania club-satellite, has announced that it has loaned to Gubbio, in Serie B, the central defender Jordan Maccarrone, nursery product of Etna.

- According to the 'Secolo XIX', there is missing only the official sanction for the passage of the Sampdoria midfielder Andrea Poli with Inter on loan with right of redemption.

- OFFICIAL - The Piacenza has announced that the former defender Marco Lanna will be the new club's sporting director.

- FIFA agent Beppe Bozzo to 'Sky Sport 24': "Gilardino? There's interest but it is difficult for Genoa, Fiorentina wont let him go."

- Newcastle would be favored in the race for Ghanaian midfielder of Inter Sulley Muntari.

- According to the 'Daily Mirror', Olympique Marseille wants 8 million euros for the transfer of Lucho Gonzalez to Arsenal.

- Wolfsburg would be willing to bet on the Torino defender Angelo Ogbonna to replace Denmark's Simon Kjaer, intended to move to Rome.

- Fenerbahce announced on its website it had assigned Uruguayan defender Diego Lugano, who also liked to Juventus. And 'now awaiting confirmation from the French club.

- According to 'Sky Sport 24', Roma have made ​​an offer of eight and a half million euros for the Olympique Lyon midfielder Miralem Pjanic.

- The PSG has made ​​an attempt to buy Samir Nasri. Their offer was the same as Manchester City's offer for the playmaker.

source: goal italia

EDIT:

One last rumor in Italian that I don't understand, I hope X-Off will again help with the translation :

Kaka rimane al Real Madrid


I understand the headline and I don't like it at all.

Any Milan related news?

So Today about 10-15 different journalists have come out and expressed their oppinions on the Kaka deal.


Basically they all say the same thing.


1) Kaka's return is difficult because of the player salary so high

2) If Milan can reduce Kaka's salary to an affordable margin, he can be a realistic transfer

3) The fee remains a problem as Milan do not want to just plain out buy him and Madrid don't want to loan him.

4) Negotiations will take place today and tomorrow and we'll know soon.


Some are really optimistic and some really pessimistic. So this means they know don't know anything at this current moment or they would all have a similar view point.

It's basically all we've been hearing the entire summer... Does anyone actually know where Galliani is? Is he actually in Spain or are all these negotiation talks all guess work?

Any news on Montolivo?

basically says Kaka won't return and don't get your hopes up for montolivo, we won't be making any more transfers due to our financial situation.

Just an opinion from one of the journalists,

It says that latest rumors in Spain suggest Kaka' won't leave Madrid, despite the pressure from the player and Berlusconi. We're waiting for Fiorentina's response about Montolivo.

As it stands we bid 7m for him, they said no. So we backed off again. We might go in on Wed for one final bid but thats about it. He won't be coming , Fiorentina are gonna play the stubborn game with us as it stands currently. This might change on Wed, we'll just have to wait and see.



As regards to where galliani is? No idea. Most people assume he's in Madrid. But no one has seen him anywhere.

Fact here is that Fiorentina don't have any power in this. Sure they're acting like idiots now, but in a couple of days they'll seal their faith, they keep Monto, we get him for free next summer or on the cheap in the winter. They're the ones that stand to lose, if I were them I'd jump at the 7m.

exactly your absoloutly right; its just an ego thing for them. They were a big champions league club a couple years ago and they still want to act like they are.

is it me or are we just going round and round in circles here...everyone (han excluded as he's made his mind up ) trying to guess and then second guess whats going on..no disrespect to the people who spend there time copying and pasting the news for others to read but all this stuff is getting a little boring...roll on the end of this window and the start of some calcio!

The most important thing to remember guys is that NOTHING is done and everything is just STARTING. We haven't heard from Galliani in a while regarding the market and he ignored questions the last time he was asked so he is definitely working on something.

We will know soon what is happening though. Nothing official has come out and its all been opinions so far.

+1

I like that you 2 are still so optimistic, but the quiet for me signals anything but an indication of something brewing.

My only last hope is still Monto, and I'll stick with that, even though I have a feeling that I'll be disappointed in the end.

Galliani is quiet because he made his final statement in regards to the market, and that it is closed for us. We'll see whether his nose needs to grow a couple inches longer in a couple of days, but I think he was telling the truth at this point

Really ?

Han, we are going to sign someone else due to Flamini's injury. I just hope that someone else is Kaka' and not some Pedro Leon or Parolo mediocrity.

We'll see guys, I'm hoping you're right btw

d'Arc, GREAT smiley

Eitherway we were going to sign another player. Now with Flamini's injury I expect Boateng to cover Flaminis place and we sign Kaka for our AM position. That's pretty ration in my opinion.



I didn't laugh with you, I just wanted to cheer up the atmosphere

We're good ?

Juventus have signed a good left-winger after all. It's the Paraguayan, Marcelo Estigarribia.

Oh, I remember him from Copa America. Is he good enough though?

Juve are all about quantity, not so much about quality. Watch them have a mass exodus next summer and another gazillion players coming in to start a "new cycle"

Kaka made a 78min sub on appearance and scored in the 82nd.

The final score was 6-0 Madrid over Zaragoza.

Link: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/324018?cc=3888

News:


We have purchased on co-ownership, Pele (under 20 portugal international) from Genoa. He will join spend this year at A.S Gubbio(serie B ) on loan and then join us next year. Fee at this moment remains unknown.


Datasport

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good pick up, had a solid U20 tournament.

Tonight in the match Real Madrid Zaragoza 0 -5, after Kaka's goal, the team went to hug him, an agent [Andrea D'Amico] at the same time very close to Milan and informed: that the arrival of Kaka at Milan is quite possible.

So as it stands, were going to let Montolivo remain in Fiorentina until January. We have an agreement with Montolivo and he will not go anywhere else. Maybe we will see one final bid on Wed, but at this point I doubt it. Galliani will wait it out and sign him in January for 3m.


No further news on Kaka but he said this after his madrid game:

"I'm happy with our start to the league; this day is important to all of us. I've always been clear about wanting to be successful at Real Madrid. Mourinho said he counts on me and I hope to make good use of the chances I get. We all enjoyed ourselves and we're all very happy with the match."

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No news on his transfer process currently, we'll just have to wait until the media finds out whats going on. Galliani still nowhere to be found.

Well it's Monday and new is at a stand still...

still early, there will be news by around 12 to 3 your time.


Edit:


Criscitiello a writer for Tuttomercatoweb and market analyst says that Mino Raiola has not been answering his calls and has rejected interviews. He is currently also nowhere to be found.

News:


Okay finally! I have some news coming out! Not the best source, but we'll know soon enough if its valid or not. Take it as you will.....

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Goal.com says that negotiations were a success yesterday and Madrid have agreed to the free loan + option to buy for 20m proposal.

Galliani has offered kaka a contract of 6m + bonuses and now its all down to Kaka to make his decision.


Madrid, 10m, and sit on bench or Milan, 6m, and play.
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Again not the best source, but we'll find out soon enough whats going on.

Goal.com

Is Raiola still alive? Did Berlusca deal with him? And what shall Kaka's decision be?

Stay tuned next hour for another exciting episode of Bluesummers presents- The Bald and the Transferrable- Galliani vs the rest of Europe

News:

Ricardo Kaka, after finding the goal in the race won by Real Madrid vs Zaragoza, gave an interview to Spanish newspaper As . Here is what the Brazilian player said: "I am happy with the goals. I've always said it wants to remain at Real. The rumors of my departure is all lies."

Raiola failed to transfer Fabregas, I wouldn't be surpiresed if Berlusconi send him a "gift"

The one that reported about Kakas price tag being 50 million ?

no i think it was today. Not sure though.

FULL INTERVIEW GIVEN TO AS TODAY:





Today (yesterday) has signed a good game. It's in the second half and scored a nice goal. What is your assessment of the meeting?

I'm very happy we made the game all. Start the League and, thus, with a goal, an assist, winning by six goals to zero, is magnificent. I am very happy about it.




There are many rumors that are outside of Madrid. What is the future of Kaka?

I want to stay in Madrid, I've always said. I have always maintained the same opinion on this matter, I have never changed. What that my father talks with other teams is a lie. I am centered in Madrid and want to continue.




What Mourinho said in the locker room? Does it have you?

I am calm. The coach said he counted on me for this season and that gives me peace of mind. I just think now help the team.




Madrid has been an overwhelming, in a great form ...

We show that we are well. The association today (yesterday) has been very good in every way. Played well in Super League and we have started the best way possible. You should go slowly and keep doing things the same way.



He left the bench. Still, he has taken the minutes you had. Do you expect to return to the title?

What I want is to use the minutes you have. There have been 13 minutes and went well. I hope to always take the minutes.

No no, I was talking abou the source. AS. I'm sick of them.

Don't know what to think right now. Maybe hes staying??? Maybe he's just covering his butt in case the transfer doesn't go through.

Still no word from Galliani, no denials nothing. Nobody is saying anything and thats messed up! Never has happened before. Even if we didnt' want to sign players galliani has come out and said it.


I don't even know at this point. All I can say is thank god on Wed, the transfer window closes and we don't have to deal with this sh*t anymore. Bring on Serie A.

Yes, but the interview is legit.

We should stop wasting energy and resources on something that cannot happen

I think he was clear when he said the market is "super closed" for us. That happened before the Flamini injury. So I'm hoping he changed his mind on that stance. However I'm not expecting Kaka. Just try and get Monto last misute and I'll be happy

FFS ! What's wrong with him ?! They guy told all the world that Kaka is a player to be benched and he's pleased about that, and now Kaka says he's happy.

Give me a f*****g break ! I'm sure we were after Kaka, and also we tried. I just still don't know who screwed this up. Galliani with his cheep pockets, or Kaka with his servile mentality.

I don't get why you're expecting Monty either, when it's obvious that in only a few months time we'll have a discount of 50% or more?

This is reminding me of the Cesc thing. I don't know why you guys get your hopes up. Kaka would be a big hit on us financially, and he's not worth the money that Real is asking for. Aside from that, we clearly don't have the money this summer, the fact that we spen a big fat zero on new players says it all.

Montolivo's impossible for us right now unless fiorentina lowers their 10m price tag. We just don't have the money. The only transfer we can afford right now is one that berlusconi funds.

Becuase I believe we'll need him now from the start. It's not like he's worth 20m+ now, a good offer of around 8m should be good (if we even have that at this point), Fiorentina are bluffing big time, and I believe they'll cave when the time is right

I don't know I just don't see it happening, But I'm hoping it goes through, I really do. We desperately need a player right now, El Sha is not enough.

If we offered them 7m (in the case of the report being true) then it's not far off the mark and very negotiable, certainly more probable then the impossibly complicated deal that was touted for Kaka. 3m is not a big gap, it's measly in football, we could smooth it over with a co-own offer of a player like Boateng (Kingsley), he could really do well in a team like Fiorentina and was very impressive in the pre-season so half his contract would be a good way to bridde the gap imo

True but then again I see Galliani saying, "why pay 8m for him now when I can have him for 4 or less in january"

Allegri at this point is probably okay with the squad, he wasn't going to play flamini in big games anyways. This just means gattuso gets more playing time

Blue, you're disappointing me now!!!

Yesterday you were full of optimism. Now this. This is exaclty why I say that I'm a realist, not a pessimist, I believe in deals that are actually realistic for us, the Kaka and Cesc deals were ridiculous long shots, but I always said Monto and Aquilani and I'd be happy. Aquilani is in the bag, Monto could either come in 3 days or 3 months. However I feel that we'd need him right now, start the season with a full squad, get everyone playing great together and make a good showing in the CL while retaining our title.

That's me being realistic. I never had any false hopes about Cesc, Kaka or winning the CL this season. And that's why I lobbied for Aqui and Monto becuase they'll be good steps in the right direction for us

I just hate it that Berlusconi and Galliani come out and say this summer we will be signing champions and the media comes out and confirms it.


Yeah I understand its long shots for Cesc and Kaka and maybe we tried and failed or maybe we didn't. But what pisses me off more than anything is why come out and say it in the first place. If were broke, tell us so we don't expect anything.

Berlu "we win the scudetto, 2 champions will arrive". I'd be so rattled if i was allegri right now. Thats a declaration right there.


Just sick and tired of all this bullsh*t. How can champions league be our target with a squad like this, it isn't going to happen. Aquilani and montolivo won't bring us Sh*t either. The most will get this year is Serie A, yet galliani says our number 1 target is the champions league


How can you tell a coach you are to win the champions league and then give him Aquilani to do it with.

Oh well..everyone now sits and says, why can't they just say they won't buy anyone.


But they have done this before..and the usual response at that time is, "How can they possibly say, We are fine as we are?!! We need to buy x and we need to buy y. If Berlusconi won't put in money from his pocket he should sell. Etc etc"

I'm pissed off too, but now you're being too pessimist

Let's just wait for 31 of August and see what will happen. Kaka's transfer sounded good, 'cos he would be coming for few millions and it would help our midfield a lot. I'd rather think he made that interview with AS to cover his potential transfer. There were LOTS of reports and news saying that Kaka is unhappy at Madrid, that his wife called Barbara for a transfer at Milan, and so on. I don't think that everything is a lie, so either suddenly Kaka feels good and loved at Real, and Galliani screwed something or these words he said in interview are actually a lie.