This morning La Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that Paris Saint-Germain were interested in Inter Milan right back Maicon, and that the nerazzurri could use the amount earned by selling the 30 year old to swoop on Sao Paulo attacking midfielder Lucas Moura, also considering that both the player's agent and the Brazilian football federation have denied that the youngster had already signed for Manchester United: but during the day the situation has totally changed: O Globo has reported that Lucas was just a step away from PSG, who has offered 45 million euros to the Tricolor and would leave the player in his actual club until the end of the year: on the contrary, according to Sky Sport, Maicon is not too happy about moving to the French club and would prefer a transfer to Chelsea or Real Madrid. And at the end of this long day, and after a meeting with coach Andrea Stramaccioni and Technical Director Marco Branca has declared that his club can't outbid PSG's offer. Moratti has confirmed that now his club will have to find an alternative to the Brazilian starlet and has declared that Bologna 21 year old Gaston Ramirez could be a valid option, even if, for the moment, he is just thinling about the many that he has saved. It seems difficuly that the alternative to Lucas will be Barcelona 26 year old Ibrahim Afellay, whose agent has declared to Voetbal International that his client will probably remain in Catalonia. On the contrary, interviewed by TMW, the agent of 25 year old Dutch wingback Royston Drenthe has confirmed that his client would like to move to Italy. Inter are also seeking a defender, and, as reported by calciomercato.com, are keen, as well as Juventus, AC Milan and Udinese, on Lorient 24 year old Bruno Ecuele Manga but none of them are intentionned to invest in the Gabon national the amount required by the Breton club.

Juventus are tracking also other defenders, like, as reported by La Stampa, Olympique Marseille 22 year old Nicolas N'Koulou, Cagliari 25 year old Davide Astori, Rubin Kazan 25 year old Salvatore Bocchetti and, most of all, Zenit St. Petersburg 30 year old Bruno Alves: all expensive players, that, according to calciomercato.com, the Piedmontese club will be able to afford only if they will save some money for the offensive line, and the solution could be the famous swap with Inter involving 27 year old Giampaolo Pazzini and 29 year old Fabio Quagliarella, althoug the Portuguese medias keep on substaining that the bianconeri keep on tracking Benfica 29 year old Oscar Cardozo. In any case, the Serie A champs have still many players to sell, and, according to GoalCity, 30 year old midfielder Michele Pazienza, is finally about to join Torino.