Juventus Set To Make Flamini Offer
Juventus are ready to make an offer to sign Arsenal midfielder Matthieu Flamini, sporting director Alessio Secco has confirmed.
Flamini has this season established himself as one of Europe’s best defensive midfielders, and he won widespread acclaim in Italy during Arsenal’s Champions League knockout tie with Milan last month.
The Frenchman’s future at the Emirates Stadium is in huge doubt however as his contract runs out in June, meaning that he can move to another club on a Bosman free transfer.
The ex-Marseille man has rejected a new deal from Arsenal that would raise his salary from €1m to €2m a year.
Juventus have been linked with Flamini for quite sometime now, although Arsene Wenger publicly stated last month that he had been promised by the Bianconeri that they would not be making an offer.
This all seems to have changed now, and Juve sporting director Alessio Secco has confirmed that they are readying themselves to offer the 23-year-old a contract.
"We have not yet made him an offer, but we are thinking about it," he stated.
Secco has been hugely criticised for his transfer policy over the past couple of years, however the signing of Flamini would surely massively repair his reputation, and even begin to turn the Juve supporters onto his side.
Gianni Wilson