Luca wrote:I guess Pjanic and Higuain caused more of a fuss than previously thought.

It makes sense and I like the idea from other clubs, kind of undermines Juventus' transfer ideology of buying from Serie A, you know, sharing the wealth as the heroes of this story. Then again, buying players from teams like Napoli, Roma, Inter and AC Milan isn't the intention. We're supposed to be signing the talented players from smaller teams like Dybala from Palermo, Bonucci from Bari, Asamoah from Udinese.

I think serie a is going to be much better in two or so years.

But it is not because Juve doesn't want to sign players from Inter, Milan ,Roma or Napoli, but it is because Inter,Milan ,Roma and Napoli don't want to sell their players to Juve ( Brozovic,De Sciglio, Nainggolan etc) .
Juve made a Bayern Munchen this year just because Pjanic and Napoli had a clause, otherwise they never 'd have gone to Juve.
Besides the Pjanic clause had a ridicoulous price, 30 mln are a low price in this insane mercato.

rincon wrote:

Robespierre wrote:This is the reason  why Fiorentina fans hate the De Valle.

Does anyone like Della Valle?

Fiore fans don't like him
Rival fans don't like him
Paulo Sousa doesn't seem to get along with him

Yes, that is true evn the Hogans are bad shoes imo

@robes

I agree with that those clubs do not wish to sell to Juventus, I just mean due to that, as usual, we look at clubs and make the more typical signings that are expected to be made, like Bonucci and Asamoah, even Dybala was surprising due to the cost.

"Marcelo Brozovic's agent has revealed that the Croatian turned down the chance to join Chelsea before the transfer deadline and intends to sign a new contract with Inter Milan when he returns from international duty."

http://www.espnfc.com/story/2941860/chelsea-target-marcelo-brozovic-turned-down-move-to-stay-at-inter-agent

For the number of times Brozo's agent talks some bullshit you'd think he'd get better at it.

Looks like the Mule league can't buy all of Serie Zzzz after all, and for some players money isn't everything...

Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic is set to pen a new deal after turning down a more lucrative offer with Chelsea...

The Blues are reported to have agreed a £21million fee with Inter in an attempt to push through a deal before the deadline, only for the Croatian international to turn down the move. Brozovic will now put pen-to-paper on a deal at the San Siro, and his agent Miroslav Bicanic says it will be nowhere near as big as the offer from the Blues.

It has also been reported that a £42million buy-out clause will be placed in the deal in an attempt to prevent Chelsea coming back with another bid in the January window. "He’s happy to stay, he knows the city and loves to play for Inter," Bicanic said. "The new contract will give him even more peace of mind, so that he can focus better on the field. "Many clubs were interested in him, but is now the past. It concentrates only on Inter now. “Chelsea? The contract would have been better but for Marcelo money is not everything. He has a challenge with Inter in the Europa League, hopefully in the Champions League next year."

Barcelona are suing Santos over Gabigol!

After long months of interest, Inter were able to finally sign Gabigol. According to Uol Esporte, Barcelona are now ready to take Santos to court because of Gabigol! They believe Santos did not respect the agreement they had on Gabigol, which was in place since the Neymar deal.

The agreement was: Barcelona had the right to match any offer for the player within 3 days.

The Brazilian club had sent an email to Barcelona to let them know of Inter’s offer on Monday but they wanted an answer by Wednesday August 31st 2016 (as the transfer window was set to close). Barcelona told Santos not to proceed with the sale of Gabigol because there was not enough time left for Barcelona to submit a counter-offer.

Santos president Modesto Roma let Barcelona know that an email was only sent on Monday since Inter’s offer only arrived to them on the previous Sunday. This upset Barcelona since they knew the player had already arrived in Milan to undergo his medicals on Friday. Barcelona now want to get 3.2 million euros back from Santos (because the option agreement wasn’t respected according to them).


Poor Barca, outbid and outdone by a Serie Zzzz team...

Serie Zzzz beating out the Mule league for a Brazilian star, dat EPL money...

Brazil starlet ‘personally chose’ to reject Chelsea and Man Utd...

President Erick Thohir has confirmed Inter Milan beat the “competition” to complete the signing of young Brazilian star Gabriel Barbosa.

The 20-year-old, nicknamed ‘Gabigol’ and dubbed the ‘next Neymar’, attracted interest from a whole of host of European clubs including Chelsea and Manchester United, but neither were able to prevent him from joining the Nerazzurri.

“There was competition from other clubs for Gabigol but he chose Inter personally,” Thohir confirmed. “He’s a young talent and for this reason we expect him to be an Inter player for many years.”

Scudetto piece of cake for Juve'
By Football Italia staff

Former Inter president Massimo Moratti believes Frank De Boer was signed too late, whilst 'the Scudetto will be a piece of cake for Juventus'.

The Nerazzurri poured some significant investments into reinforcing the team this summer, but one element they were not able to retain was Coach Roberto Mancini.

“There was a good dialogue with Mancini, but perhaps the decision [to sack him] was taken too late,” Moratti told Radio Deejay. “It was written that he and the club should part ways, things had gotten a bit complicated.

“De Boer is a serious Coach and a professional. It's hard to judge him after a couple of games, the real problem is that he was signed at the last second.”

Finally, the former president was asked what he thought about the Milanese teams both being purchased by Chinese business, and who would win Serie A this year.

“The sale of the clubs is purely an economical matter. As for the Scudetto, it's going to be a piece of cake for Juventus.”

Captain obvious Moratti, thats quiet the revelation man.

Scholes: 'Juve beat any English club'
By Football Italia staff

Paul Scholes is confident “Juventus would beat any team” in the Premier League and assures Serie A “isn’t boring.”

The Manchester United and England legend pointed out some home truths to those who value the Premiership above all else.

“You hear about people saying English football’s the best football there is around. I think Spain’s by far the best league,” he told The Guardian.

“Germany has better teams. In Italy probably the strength in depth isn’t great. They talk about Italy being a bad league, but I don’t think English people look at it. They say it’s boring. No chance.

“The Juventus team would beat any team in this league. They came up to Manchester City and beat them easy. But we have this interpretation of the Italian league that it’s rubbish, that they only try to defend. No chance.”

Paul Scholes = LEGEND...

Juventus deal for Gonzalo Higuain 'far more logical' than world-record Paul Pogba transfer...

Hernan Crespo believes fellow Argentine's 36-goal haul last season justifies giant summer price tag.

Former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo has backed the lucrative summer transfer deal involving compatriot Gonzalo Higuain, claiming that it was more "logical" than Manchester United's high-profile capture of Paul Pogba. The 28-year-old became the costliest player in Italian football history when Juventus activated the €90m (£75.3m, $100.3m) release clause in his Napoli contract in July. At that stage he placed third on the all-time global list, behind only Real Madrid duo Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Such an expensive switch came after Higuain had scaled new heights at Stadio San Paolo in 2015/16, netting 36 times in just 35 appearances to break Gunnar Nordahl's single-season Serie A record, which had stood unbeaten for 66 years.

It is those formidable exploits in front of goal that Crespo believes makes Juve's significant outlay more rational than United's decision to part with a world-record £89m to secure the return of prodigal son Pogba, four years after he first left Old Trafford for Turin amid persistent frustration over a lack of first-team appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson.

"Nobody gives you anything for free, especially not in football," the former River Plate, Parma, Lazio, Inter, Chelsea, Milan and Genoa man told Argentine daily newspaper La Nacion. "If Juventus paid so much to get Higuain from Napoli, it means he's worth that money.

"In my view, it is logical to pay €90m for a striker who scored 36 goals in a single season. It's far more logical than Manchester United paying €110m for Pogba. I say that with all due respect for the Frenchman, who is a great midfielder."

Wages of all 20 teams for 2016-17

Napoli are doing well for themselves.

Seems we have finally overtaken Milan in social media following. Inter though I'm surprised they are more unpopular than Roma in social media.

We dont have 7 million egyptians following the page for Salah

Instagram is skewing it for Juve. Interesting stat to see them have 2.4m more Instagram followers than their nearest rival. I guess people like to follow your pictures more when they show you lifting trophies

Bandwagon teenagers

S wrote:

Seems we have finally overtaken Milan in social media following. Inter though I'm surprised they are more unpopular than Roma in social media.

Fiorentina . Any explanation as to their high following? They haven't been any better than Roma or Napoli in recent years.

Fio has had a decent following ever since the Batigol days

Well , that is the Fiorentina dimension . After the 3 Giants, Roma and Napoli .. Close Lazio ..

Our stats is hard to explain it. I hate the social so I appreciate it (as I appreciated the stat about the Inter fans to be of left side ) but it is weird though

We are the 2nd most supported team in Italy (Milan are Close , while Juve are distant ) but the 3rd Italian in the world (Milan becomes the 1st).

If you live in a random Italy city , when you find a supporter of not Juve \Milan \ Inter it is always looks like weird . The Three teams monopolize everything . So i don't get this position.

Even if I had idea about the fact our past Moratti management never worked on it.

I wanted to go at stadium for Pescara Inter ... But it was sold out after 2 hours on Monday

People to pull an all nighter in front of box office (no Jon anymore ? @Renzi )

There is a real fever for the match.
  and i feel we are not going to win even this . Pescara under Oddo plays a great football

M99 wrote:Instagram is skewing it for Juve. Interesting stat to see them have 2.4m more Instagram followers than their nearest rival. I guess people like to follow your pictures more when they show you lifting trophies

Nah I don't think it's the pictures of trophies people are looking at...

Juventus-Sassuolo starting.

First start for Higuain and Pjanic.


Sassuolo is missing Berardi, Deffrel and Sensi

GOATguain scored in 4 minutes.          

In some 40 minutes of play he has 2 goals and the widest of assists.

Pjanic to Dybala to Higuain for the goal, thats gonna be awesome this season

HIGUAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Higuain looks a bit pudgy to me...