While some Serie A clubs are looking enthusiastically at Lionel Messi, their mantra as they prepare for the market is “financial prudence. “
Italian media fueled the dreams of Serie A enthusiasts by reporting this summer that his father Jorge Messi had bought an apartment in Milan.
Italian clubs enjoy prices and, at 35, Ronaldo, one of the few stars of which he has come by a significant sum in recent seasons, will remain the head of the Juventus.
But the club stated that before chasing a tenth consecutive title, they had to rejuvenate an aging team.
They brought in Andrea Pirlo, 41, for her first head training task and acquired Brazilian Arthur 24 from Barcelona as part of an agreement that saw Miralem Pjanic, 30, pass on the other side, covering almost all 72 million euros ($86 million).
Juventus took 22-year-old American Weston McKennie from Schalke and allowed 33-year-old Frenchman Blaise Matuidi to go to David Beckham’s Inter Miami.
They allegedly tried to get Sami Khedira, 33, and Gonzalo Higuaín, 32.
Higuain, who was taken from Napoli by Juve in 2016 for 90 million euros, would like a compliment to crown the last year of his contract before leaving.
Also in the veterans category, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, nearly 39, signed for the season with AC Milan.
Deprived of the Champions League since 2014, the club sees him as mentor to a talented young generation who tastefully finished the season with a 12-match undefeated streak in the league.
“I’m not here to be a pet, but to get the club back to where it deserves to be,” said Zlatan, who returned on Saturday to prepare for the new season, which begins on September 19.
The highly sought after and talented 20-year-old Sandro Tonali of Brescia can be just one component of Milan’s reconstruction.
As for Inter, who chased Juve at home last season, the goal is midfield, where Christian Eriksen, who arrived profitably in January from Tottenham, has not yet been the answer.
Antonio Conte, a coach famous for the players able to deliver at the same time, reports as a delight in midfield and the Italian media have argued about Chile’s Arturo Vidal, 33, from Barcelona, and N’Golo Kante, 29, from Chelsea.
Conte trained Vidal at Juventus and Kante at Chelsea; Inter has already joined Moroccan right-back Achraf Hakimi, 21, from Dortmund.
Atalanta and Lazio, third and fourth last season, bet on continuity.
On Monday, Lazio extended the contract for last season’s Serie A top scorer Ciro Immobile, who is 30, until 2025.
But that means Napoli have to sell and have agreed to allow Brazilian midfielder Allan to sign up for Everton. Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly could stay in England soon.
Meanwhile, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who led AC Milan at a time when Serie A attracted to the fullest all the top beloved stars, made waves at The Monza Club in Serie B, earning Danish Christian Gytkjaer and Croatian alien Mirko Maric, the top scorers in the Polish and Croatian leagues last season.
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