As reported yesterdy, with 20 year old forward Philippe Coutinho about to sign for Liverpool, Inter Milan Technical Director Marco Branca is waiting for a sign from his president Massimo Moratti to fly to South America and carry out the negotiation for Corinthians 24 year old midfielder Paulinho; but as highlighted by calciomercato.com, the nerazzurri’s number one remains doubtful about investing 15 million euros plus bonuses on a player that has no experience in Europe and prefers to spend such amount next Summer for a forward like Manchester City 26 year old Edin Dzeko or Sampdoria 19 year old Mauro Icardi. Still regarding the offensive line, despite the signing of 35 year old Tommaso Rocchi, the Lombard club is working to bring in the next days a new reinforcement to coach Stramaccioni, and the options are signing Cagliari 28 year old Mauricio Pinilla or bring back to “San Siro” 21 year old Samuele Longo, actually on loan at Espanyol. Inter are also seeking a backup for their goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, but it seems that they have lost their chance to sign Palermo 24 year old Samir Ujkani; according to Sky Sport, in fact, the Albania international is about to join Chievo on loan with right to buy.

Despite the arrival of 33 year old forward Nicolas Anelka, Juventus keep on working to sign Lyon 29 year old Lisandro Lopez: as reported this morning by La Stampa, the Piedmontese club would like to obtain the player simply on loan –and in fact, according to the latest rumours, the bianconeri General Manager Giuseppe Marotta has offered two million euros to the French club for such option- or on loan with the obbligation to sign the Argentine on permanent deal at the end of the season for 4 million euros, while the Gones require 8 millions for the definitive transfer. In any case, still according to the Piedmontese paper, the Serie A defending champions must first sell 29 year old Fabio Quagliarella, tracked by Fiorentina.