According to Massimo Brambati, the Napoli defender Koulibaly would have refused an “indispensable offer from Juventus in order not to betray the Neapolitan fans”. Once upon a time Madama was an indispensable goal. For heaven’s sake, there were also sensational rejections in the past: that of Riva, that of Sandro Mazzola, that of Antognoni. Today, however, it is Juve’s appeal that has waned. If Inter really get Lukaku’s onerous loan (after Chelsea spent 110 to get him just a year ago) it will be the confirmation that Marotta is very good. And that letting him go resulted in a sensational own goal for Juve.
This is why the eventual engagement of Paul Pogba would be a signal. Juventus would not only take on a player capable of making a difference in midfield. He would take a “symbol”. There is a school of thought that spends uncertainty on Pogba. On his desire for redemption (after disappointing seasons in Manchester) and on his competitive “hunger”. It is a risk I would take. In any case, the return of the “Octopus” will not be enough to make ends meet. Morata, Kean, Cuadrado, Arthur, Rabiot, Ramsey, Pellegrini, De Ligt himself. For some, even the Texan among the few to have a market. For Alex Sandro, on the other hand, it’s just not what: zero offers. They are riddles that Cherubini will have to solve.
The good news is that both Fagioli and Miretti will remain on the staff. Intano seems faded Di Maria. Juve would be thinking of Berardi. Good player but of a different quality than the Argentine. Among other things, with the amount requested by Sassuolo, Juve could try Florentino for the sale of Asensio. The other names circulating in the sector do not seem to be from Juve, but the name of Molina should be considered. It is useless to worry about Milinkovic Savic: if he leaves Lazio he will go abroad. It remains a mystery why the name of Mandragora (out of Turin) is not taken into consideration. Mandragora must have committed something irrevocable given the ostracism that Juventus (after taking him from Pescara) has reserved for him over the years. A problem could be created for Donnarumma (something Lukaku style): it seems that in Paris the goalkeeper from the national team is not destined to stay. Finally, are Chelsea really inclined to pay the (120- or 150?) Million of the De Ligt clause? It feels like science fiction these days. But it is also true that Mbappè and Haaland cost more. This is the state of the art: Juve is a construction site. The worst thing would be to wait for the last ten days of the market for the market to do so. There are no “opportunities” to wait. There is only money to invest, if you have it. Maybe avoiding doing it on “mysterious objects” like Kajo George.
While waiting for the clouds over Turin to clear up, the League has given birth to yet another idea of emme: in the event of a tie on points, for the assignment of the championship the detached classification would no longer be valid but a play-off would be disputed. The last was celebrated (Bologna champion) between Bernardini’s Bolognese and Herrera’s Inter. Bologna had been unjustly accused of doping (the famous test tube scandal): filth amplified, without evidence, by the media. Herrera, fresh from the victory in the Champions Cup with Real Madrid, was convinced that Bologna would be doped for the final of the Olimpico. And therefore that he would have liked Inter to do it too. The Magician had also devised a “plan”. The doctors of Inter, desperate, went to Moratti father asking that such a madness be avoided. Angelo Moratti refused to comply with the wishes of the Santone. If you think this stuff is (invented) flour from my sack, you are off track. This is the “flour” of the sack of Manlio Cipolla, known as Mao, one of the three doctors (with Klinger and Quarenghi) of Inter that season. In 1976 Cipolla published “Calcio Verità” published by Fortunalibri, in which, among other things, he wrote: “The Magician’s idea was masterful (?): It bombed, won, the Inter Clubs intervened, celebrating the players evaded doping control. We had to run to Moratti, wake him up in his Roman home and obtain from him (text capital ed) the authorization not to proceed. “Cipolla explains that in the end Herrera was furious with the doctors, convinced that Bologna had doped. It was not true , the anti-doping certified the correctness of the competition of Fogli and his companions. For the record, the median Tumburus who had difficulty in pushing in the presence of strangers “carried out” (controlled) late in the evening. So much so that Cipolla wrote: “We were able to reach the group at eleven in the evening. ”Cipolla writes this and more.
Finally: those who cannot “digest” Italy’s exclusion from the World Cup continue to blow the heat: Ecuador perhaps ousted, Italy rescued. Gravina said (one of the few things that the FIGC president can share) that he would not be “ethical” even in the event of an actual repechage. After all, Gravina has other things to do these days than to think about an impossible World Cup. Accounting. There are four professional clubs that do not have the requisites to register for the championship: one is Lazio.
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