Melo is Bianconero
Wednesday 8 July, 2009
Fiorentina ace Felipe Melo is a Juventus player after the Bianconeri agreed to pay his £20m payout clause, a report from La Gazzetta dello Sport reveals.
The Old Lady has been linked to the Brazilian for a while now and since Gaetano D’Agostino is no longer in their plans, Melo represents a valuable investment.
According to La Gazzetta, the Bianconeri will see their expenditure costs reduced by the departure of Marco Marchionni, who joined La Viola for £2m, and perhaps Zdenek Grygera, who may move to Florence in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the Tuscans are planning to reinvest the money received from Juve to buy a new central midfielder.
Christian Ledesma is one of the main names on their lists. Pantaleo Corvino is set to meet up with Claudio Lotito by the end of next week.
The Biancocelesti are asking for £12m although the Gigliati could negotiate a lower tag fee for the Argentine player.
Taken from the channel four football italia site...it is looking official now, but still I feel too afraid to celebrate the capture of a player who alongside marchisio, momo and diego, could well form not only our own midfield for the next 5 years, but one of the finest midfields in the game.
Obviously, we need defensive reinforcements. Especially at left back...that is a bare minimum, and we could do with santacroce, to play apprentice to canna and legro.