Juventus’executives keep on working to sign a high-level striker: as reported by Tuttosport, the Piedmontese club’s executive have attentively examinated the contract of Shanghai Shenhua 34 year old Didier Drogba and the bianconeri might consider signing the Ivory Coast international too risky; the main alternative to the former Chelsea player remains Lyon 29 year old Lisandro Lopez, but, as anticipated yesterday, the Gones don’t seem intentioned to let the Argentine leave on loan and it seems at the moment extremely difficult for the two clubs to find an agreement; perhaps the Serie A defending champions’General Manager Giuseppe Marotta has declared to Sky Sport 24 that nothing glamorous will happen during the current transfer window, so it seems credible what substained by La Gazzetta dello Sport, i.e. that the main options for Juve remain 21 year old Manolo Gabbiadini, actually on loan at Bologna, and Genoa 22 year old Ciro Immobile; to obtain this latter, according to the same media, the bianconeri could yield to the Ligurian club 28 year old midfielder Simone Padoin.

The priority for Inter Milan remains the signing of a high-rated midfielder, and their main target remains Corinthians 24 year old Paulinho: as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, added to the Brazil international’s contract there is a 15 million euros termination clause, and to obtain the player the nerazzurri are trying to sell 24 year old attacking midfielder Ricardo Alvarez, tracked by River Plate, Wolfsburg and Atletico de Madrid, or 20 year old Philippe Coutinho, admired by both Southampton and Aston Villa.