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  • Juventus: Dzeko or Llorente for the offensive line. AC Milan: dreaming Balotelli

    Juventus: Dzeko or Llorente for the offensive line. AC Milan: dreaming Balotelli

    The verdict of the Italian football federation's Court of Justice regarding the betting scandal will be announced tomorrow, but it seems always more probable that Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci will be acquitted while the bianconeri coach Antonio Conte will be disqualified for about 10 months: it's still uncertain how the Piedmontese club will decide to replace the 43 year old, but, in the mid time, the Italian national team's coach Cesare Prandelli has declared to ANSA that if he will train again a club it will be probably abroad. With Bonucci regularly on the pitch, the Serie A champs need only a striker to complete their team, and, according to the Corriere dello Sport, Manchester City 26 year old Edin Dzeko has become the main target: the player has already expressed his will to move to Italy and AC Milan won't be able to sign him; on the other hand, it won't be easy to convince the Citizens to yield the Bosnia national. Moreover, also Athletic Bilbao 27 year old Fernando Llorente remains a valid option: interviewed by AS, the Basque club's coach Marcelo Bielsa has admitted that the player could leave; Llorente's contract will expire next year and his actual club requires 18 million euros to let him go in the current transfer window. Regarding the possible departures, 29 year old midfielder Felipe Melo has flown this morning to Istanbul to sign for Galatasaray.

    As anticipated yesterday, after signing Colombian defender Cristian Zapata, AC Milan will be able to sign only EU citizens in this transfer window. As reported by the Corriere dello Sport, the only target remained to the rossoneri for their offensive line is Juventus 27 year old Alessandro Matri, but, according to calciomercato.com, the Lombard club could also make an attempt for Manchester City 21 year old Mario Balotelli. Moreover, after beating Milan in the U.S., Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has declared that he will be happy if Kakà will reamain but also if he will leave, but that, for sure, the Brazil national won't be yielded for free. For all this targets, the rossoneri will probably wait the last week of the transfer market.

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