Reports in the peninsula suggest that Roma defender Matteo Ferrari will sign a deal with Milan at the end of the season.

The 28-year-old stopper hasn’t regularly commanded a place in Luciano Spalletti’s side this term and is considering his options with his contract set to expire in June.

A story in Rome’s Il Tempo newspaper this morning states that Ferrari’s agent has been in early discussions with the Rossoneri over a possible free transfer switch.

It is believed that the Giallorossi have tabled an extension offer worth around £1m a year, but Milan are expected to blow that sum out of the water.

There are suggestions that the world champions would be willing to pay Ferrari £1.6m annually and provide the security of a four-year deal.

Ferrari has 11 Azzurri caps and has made 62 appearances for Roma since moving to the Eternal City in 2004, despite a loan spell at Everton.

Faaaaackin hell...for a second I saw the post topic...and was thinking we'd dumped Audi.

Cr@p! Talk of major buzz kill. This one takes the cake.

How'd u guess? Bacardi Limon actually.
Naah...I was kinda reading up on the D & G deal and how they'd been made gold sponsors. And Audi is already a service provider for Milan.

And then when I saw the forum topic say Ferrari to Milan. Few neurons misfired and I got the impression..we'd signed a deal with Ferrari the car company. You know replacing Audi??

Of course on hindsight...Ferrari don't have the money or the need to advertise with Milan, and even if the did, they'd go with Juve.

Well we can dream can't we Pana?

If I'm not wrong...the shirt sponsors are the blokes who pay the most right?

Anyway, how cool it would be to actually have Audi's logo on the shirt?

Anyway, how cool it would be to actually have Audi's logo on the shirt?

Ferrari's Milan Move Almost Done

Roma defender Matteo Ferrari is very close to agreeing to a deal to join AC Milan at the end of the season, according to reports in Italy.

Ferrari’s contract in the Eternal City runs out in the summer and negotiations to extend his deal have broken down. 

Milan and Juventus have been fighting it out to sign the player on a Bosman transfer, and according to the Gazzetta dello Sport it is the Rossoneri who have won this race. 

The European Champions have secured a verbal agreement with Ferrari, and details of the transfer which will go through at the end of the season, could become official by the middle of this week. 

Ferrari is said to have agreed a four-year contract worth approximately €2.5m a season, an improvement of €1m on his current annual salary in Rome. 

The 28-year-old signed for Roma from Parma in 2004, and was at the time regarded as a future regular in the Italy national team. 

However this has never materialised and indeed Ferrari is currently not even first-choice at his club, as Philippe Mexes and Juan are Coach Luciano Spalletti’s preferred centre-back pairing. 

Ferrari played in Saturday night’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus in Turin, and could keep his place for tomorrow’s Champions League clash with Real Madrid. 

I don't get this deal... that's cause I can't see Simic leaving... he did not leave in January when it was the best time for him so why would he do it in the summer? Maybe Kaladze? It's good to dream...

Yeah, I know that's FIAT too.

You think LaPalma can pull a few strings and get us Porsche or Audi?

Time he started earning his keep.

  I'd rather we take some new defender from the youth squad under our wing..and train him to be good. Like what Baresi did to Maldini.

It's how u build continuity. This buy players in their prime thing, is a vicious circle. You're eventually gonna be dependent on a superlative performance every time.

Like Liverpool, can you even imagine, what's gonna happen to them if they don't make that 4th spot?? They're f@cked!!! That's nearly 140 mill up in smoke...

While if Arsenal don't make it, they lose maybe like...40?? Not including the stadium tickets.

Simic > Ferrari.

Anyway... this is so f typical:

-Freebie
-Old
-An ex-Inter
-Shite player

Plus... he was one of their worst defenders on the "6-0 derby" some years ago.

Calcio/roma: Bronzetti, Ferrari Non Va Al Milan e Mancini Resta Al 99%
Gio 21 Feb, 04:51 PM

(ASCA) - Roma, 21 feb - ''Ferrari non andra' mai al Milan e Mancini, al 99%, firmera' il rinnovo''. Lo ha detto ai micorofoni di Rete Sport, Ernesto Bronzetti, uomo-mercato del Milan e mediatore di affari tra Spagna e Italia. ''Galliani - apiegato Parlando di Ferrari - non fara' mai uno sgarbo alla Sensi, neanche in questo caso che il giocatore si svincola a parametro zero. Di Mancini invece ho parlato di recente con Veloz e al 99%, per non dire 100%, resta a Roma e firmera' il rinnovo''.

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Bronzetti, the italian football agent with links with Milan, said today that Ferrari won't join Milan in the future.

I f hope he's damn right. From Roma defense... I'd only take Mexes.

Panucci, Panucci, he's indestructable!!

Are we really talking about Panucci? He's 34 years old and will be 35 next season... in my view, we don't need a CB or a LB to replace Maldini. For the simple reason that it's not Maldini the player we will miss but Maldini the captain, the leader, the God... we need a new leader and that I think Kaka can be.

We're not going to splash big money on a defender this summer I believe. In my view, we should bring Darmian on, buy Zambrotta and Castellini and sell Favalli.