As reported earlier today, 22 year old Mario Balotelli has arrived this afternoon in Italy, and have immediately substained the medicals for AC Milan. After three hours in the hospital, the player has dined with the club’s Chief Executive Adriano Galliani. An incredible crowd has assembled outside the restaurant and there have been also some problems between the rossoneri fans and the police. Meanwhile, Milan’s president Silvio Berlusconi has declared to Rai 3 that the signing of the Italy international has nothing to do with his political campaign for the next elections and has been ironic about having previously called the player a “rotten apple”.

In any case, at the moment, city rivals Inter Milan seems to be one of the most active clubs in these last hours of the Winter transfer window: after carrying out the negotiations for 25 year old midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic –who, as confirmed by his agent Marko Naletilic, has already signed for the nerazzurri- and 23 year old right wingback Matias Ezequiel Schelotto, the Lombard club seems in fact to have found an agreement with Dynamo Zagreb for 18 year old playmaker Mateo Kovacic, previously tracked by Manchester United and Juventus, and considered the heir of Real Madrid’s Luka Modric; the young Croatian should cost about 15 million euros. Moreover, Inter, as reported by Sky transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio, have overtaken Lazio in the hunt for Defensor Sporting 19 year old winger Diego Laxalt: the Uruguay Under 20 national is ready to sign a four-and-a-half year deal but only if in the next hours he will obtain, as expected, an EU passport. Finally, Liverpool have officialized the signin of 20 year old Philippe Coutinho, with the nerazzurri that have earned 12,5 million euros.