Not only Witsel: the 33 Serie A deals that fell flat
Rincon stayed with Genoa. The Venezuelan midfielder had offers from Crystal Palace, Roma and Milan. The rossoneri had proposed a swap-deal with Poli.
Galliani also seen his offers for Fabregas and Jovetic rejected. The Montenegro remained at Inter, failing to join Fiorentina too.
La Viola was close to signing both Sportiello, Obiang and Faragà, but nobody eventually joined the Franchi side. Santon and Brozovic are still at the San Siro, where they will play for Inter until January at least, whilst De Ceglie refused a move to Crotone.
Lichtsteiner, who was chased by Inter, was not allowed to leave the J Stadium to join one of the bianconeri rivals.
AS Roma had offered Iturbe to Lyon exchange for Grenier, but the two clubs failed to find agreement, Cerci did not move from Atletico as he failed medical with Bologna, just like Simunic did with Torino. The granata kept Bovo, Ayeti and Zappacosta after the Croat’s collapsed move.
Antonio Cassano refused to cancel his Sampdoria contract. The blucerchiati failed to sign a new centre-back, with Bianchetti and Gonzalez who were on their radars, while Palermo did not sign the striker they desperate need failing to seal Ciofani, Galabinov and Raicevic.
Dirar did not move from AS Monaco to Lazio as Keita remained at the Olimpico.
