OFFICIAL: Felipe Melo joins Galatasaray on loan.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. announces that the agreement with Galatasaray Sportif Sinai Ve Ticari Yatirimlar A.S. for the temporary disposal of the registration rights of the player Felipe Melo De Carvalho has been reached. The contract envisages the payment by Galatasaray of € 1.5 million in three instalments to be paid during 2011/2012 financial year.

The agreement also includes the option right, to be exercised by Galatasaray within 31 May 2012, for the definitive acquisition of the football player at a price of € 13 million.

vanharouva wrote:

milanista99 wrote:If this happened last summer it would make sense. So how do you improve a team which finished 7th? Sell one of it's best players of course. Well done Mr Marrota.

Eh.. you bring a better player in Vidal?

Just to give one example, Tuttojuves ratings for the season: http://www.tuttojuve.com/?action=read&idnotizia=51351

Melo gets a 5...

Vidal is a very good footballer all around, but he isnt the defensive beast that Melo is. PLaying him in a double pivot with Pirlo is going to be very challenging.

Even with Bayer, Vidal wasnt playing alone in the midfield, his partner was always a very good defensive player, and vidal would help transitioning the ball forward.

Im curious to see how it works, i dont give it much faith yet, there is potential for teams to overrun your midfield, specially if you insist on playing the 424

I hold Arsenal responsible for this act of negligence- they stood by and did NOTHING!

could have joined Arsenal