Palermo block Barzagli sale Thursday 13 April, 2006
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Palermo have dismissed reports that they have agreed a deal with Juventus over the sale of Andrea Barzagli.
Stories in the peninsula on Wednesday insisted that the Italian international would be heading to the Stadio Delle Alpi in the summer.
While owner Maurizio Zamparini has admitted that Juve are first in the queue for the stopper, he maintains Barzagli is going nowhere for now.
“Barzagli will certainly not be leaving at the end of this season and probably not even at the end of the next one,” Zamparini claimed.
“All I said was that he will be a regular for Italy and if I did opt to sell him then Juventus have an option to buy.”
Barzagli is an Under-21 European champion with Italy and is expected to make the World Cup squad, even if he is unlikely to replace either Alessandro Nesta or Fabio Cannavaro in the starting line-up.
The former Piacenza player, a promising centre-back, has spent two seasons at the Stadio Renzo Barbera after arriving from Chievo Verona.
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