It seems always more complicated for Juventus to sign a high-level striker. After the transfer to Manchester United of 29 year old Robin Van Persie, 24 year old Gonzalo Higuain, according to Marca, is about to extend his deal with Real Madrid, while as reported by Bild, also Zenit St. Petersburg are keen on Schalke 04 29 year old Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. The main targets for the bianconeri remain Manchester City 26 year old Edin Dzeko and Athletic Bilbao 27 year old Fernando Llorente, although the Piedmontese club’s president Andrea Agnelli has declared to Sky that the best forwards are the one that Juve already have. Moreover, interviewed by TJ, the agent of Atalanta 20 year old Manolo Gabbiadini has seemed quite cautious about the transfer of his client to the Serie A champions. Bad news also regarding the defense, with Lazio 25 year old Modibo Diakité, who, according to La Stampa, is about to join Torino FC.

 

FC Porto left back Alvaro Pereira has declared that at the moment there is nothing concrete about his transfer to Inter Milan, but, according to Sky tansfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio, the Lombard club has overtaken both Napoli and Chelsea in the hunt for the 27 year old, and the Portuguese club executives are actually evaluating the offer made by the nerazzurri. Moreover, as reported by calciomercato.com, Inter Technical Director Marco Branca is actually in London for the transfer of 32 year old goalkeeper Julio Cesar to Tottenham and to try to obtain 23 year old attacking midfielder Giovani dos Santos from The Spurs and 27 year old defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong from Manchester City.