Alessio Secco (28 Viewers)
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Moreover, a player like Trez doesn't need that much fitness and I don't think his skills will go with age as they do with most players..Very few strikers seem like they just have that innate sense of where the goal is, but Trezeguet is one.. Ofcourse when he's 40 or so then that half a step too late won't do the world of good but he's only 31 and it's a bit premmature to say that he's "over it"
The young director took over from Luciano Moggi in the wake of the Calciopoli scandal and has found out that being in charge of the Old Lady's transfer dealings is not an easy job: aside from Mohamed Sissoko, last term's recruitments turned out to be major flops in Turin and fans soon pointed the finger at Moggi's former protege.
Even this summer, the arrival of Christian Poulsen raised eyebrows among hardcore Juve supporters, who had hoped to see a gifted midfield maestro like Liverpool's Xabi Alonso wearing the Bianconero.
But the early results in both Serie A and Europe have confirmed that Juve are back among the creme of European football and have all the requirements to fight all the way in all the competitions.
And Alessio is keen to reassure the Bianconeri faithful that there is more to come: "We will bring in at least two big-name players next summer," he told the Corriere dello Sport.
"However, I will only tell you this much: one of them will come in to fill Nedved's boots when he retires; as for the second one, I can only say we are looking at different options, but I won't mention any names. I'm not crazy!"
"Moreover, some youngsters could return to base: I'm thinking of Davide Lanzafame, Cristian Pasquato and Oussama Essabr in particular."
Another talented prospect is Sebastian Giovinco, who is not finding much space this season and has yet to reach an agreement over his new contract.
"He wants quite a lot of money," admitted Secco, "but he has a contract until 2011 and has to understand that there are certain parameters for the established players and others for the youngsters, who have to follow a given path first.
"Paolo De Ceglie and Claudio Marchisio are among those and will be the foundation of this club in the near future: Marchisio reminds me of De Rossi and De Ceglie has already proved his worth, and we are considering offering him a renewal."
Then Secco looked over the summer transfer campaign and explained the decision to pursuit Poulsen instead of Alonso: "It is not a case of who is better between the Dane and the Spanish: we were looking for a solid midfield man who could also shore up the back-line and Cristian was the one that more suited Claudio Ranieri's plan."
"As for the other arrivals, landing Amauri was tough, he had lots of suitors, but we had the upper hand because we approached him first.
"Olof Mellberg was explicitly requested by Ranieri, who knew him from his England experience.
"Any regrets for not capturing Alberto Aquilani? Well, I would not talk about regrets, we tried to negotiate but soon understood that Roma were not willing to part company with him."
The Old Lady were dealt a huge blow this week, with news that David Trezeguet will be out for at least three months and will undergo surgery on his right knee, but Secco reckons it will not be necessary to replace him by signing a free-agent: "Absolutely not," he firmly declared, "we have plenty of options to get by without the services of the Frenchman, we have Giovinco and he will be back by January anyway."
In the meantime the Bianconeri have signed young Spanish prospect Iago Falqué from Barcelona, but Alessio is quick to refute the notion that they "stole" him from under the Blaugrana's noses: "First of all we did not steal anyone," he bellowed.
"He was having problems at Barca and we reached an agreement with them: we did not pay anything, but Barcelona will be entitled to a certain amount of money if the lad plays at least 40 games.
"Anyway, he is part of our long-term project: we are immensely proud of what we have achieved until now, we could not have done better. I can now look the stars who stuck with us through the Serie B nightmare in the eyes and tell them it was woth it."
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Even this summer, the arrival of Christian Poulsen raised eyebrows among hardcore Juve supporters, who had hoped to see a gifted midfield maestro like Liverpool's Xabi Alonso wearing the Bianconero.
But the early results in both Serie A and Europe have confirmed that Juve are back among the creme of European football and have all the requirements to fight all the way in all the competitions.
And Alessio is keen to reassure the Bianconeri faithful that there is more to come: "We will bring in at least two big-name players next summer," he told the Corriere dello Sport.
"However, I will only tell you this much: one of them will come in to fill Nedved's boots when he retires; as for the second one, I can only say we are looking at different options, but I won't mention any names. I'm not crazy!"
"Moreover, some youngsters could return to base: I'm thinking of Davide Lanzafame, Cristian Pasquato and Oussama Essabr in particular."
Another talented prospect is Sebastian Giovinco, who is not finding much space this season and has yet to reach an agreement over his new contract.
"He wants quite a lot of money," admitted Secco, "but he has a contract until 2011 and has to understand that there are certain parameters for the established players and others for the youngsters, who have to follow a given path first.
"Paolo De Ceglie and Claudio Marchisio are among those and will be the foundation of this club in the near future: Marchisio reminds me of De Rossi and De Ceglie has already proved his worth, and we are considering offering him a renewal."
Then Secco looked over the summer transfer campaign and explained the decision to pursuit Poulsen instead of Alonso: "It is not a case of who is better between the Dane and the Spanish: we were looking for a solid midfield man who could also shore up the back-line and Cristian was the one that more suited Claudio Ranieri's plan."
"As for the other arrivals, landing Amauri was tough, he had lots of suitors, but we had the upper hand because we approached him first.
"Olof Mellberg was explicitly requested by Ranieri, who knew him from his England experience.
"Any regrets for not capturing Alberto Aquilani? Well, I would not talk about regrets, we tried to negotiate but soon understood that Roma were not willing to part company with him."
The Old Lady were dealt a huge blow this week, with news that David Trezeguet will be out for at least three months and will undergo surgery on his right knee, but Secco reckons it will not be necessary to replace him by signing a free-agent: "Absolutely not," he firmly declared, "we have plenty of options to get by without the services of the Frenchman, we have Giovinco and he will be back by January anyway."
In the meantime the Bianconeri have signed young Spanish prospect Iago Falqué from Barcelona, but Alessio is quick to refute the notion that they "stole" him from under the Blaugrana's noses: "First of all we did not steal anyone," he bellowed.
"He was having problems at Barca and we reached an agreement with them: we did not pay anything, but Barcelona will be entitled to a certain amount of money if the lad plays at least 40 games.
"Anyway, he is part of our long-term project: we are immensely proud of what we have achieved until now, we could not have done better. I can now look the stars who stuck with us through the Serie B nightmare in the eyes and tell them it was woth it."
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