Official: Mellberg to Juve (June) p.22 (3 Viewers)

[zizoufan]

Tuttosport - Juventus: per la difesa spunta il nome di Mellberg.
30.10.2007 08.32 di Marco Gori articolo letto 727 volte
Con Andrade infortunato e Boumsong ansioso di lasciare Torino, la Juventus non perde di vista le varie opportunità di assicurarsi un difensore. Il nome nuovo per il reparto arretrato bianconero è quello di Olof Erik Mellberg, 30 anni appena compiuti, nazionale svedese e da 7 anni all'Aston Villa. Il giocatore, che ha il contratto in scadenza a giugno, ha dichiarato: "Dopo 7 anni a Birmingham vorrei giocare in un club italiano che disputi le Coppe"; la Juventus al momento non gioca le Coppe ma resta un club di grande livello; l'agente del giocatore lavora da tempo sul rinnovo, ma pare che ormai non vi siano più margini di trattativa. Stanti così le cose il giocatore si libererà a giugno ma, in base alle Norme FIFA, già tra due mesi potrà negoziare liberamente con i propri potenziali acquirenti.


Melberg is a CB who is a free agent.

 

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[RAMI-N]

 

[chester]

Wouldn't mind having him for free, he surely is better then Boumsong (not a big challenge but still).

 

[Dinsdale]

Never heard of him.

 

[d.nico]

No thanks.

 

[chester]

Never heard of him.

He plays for Aston Villa, he is one of their best defender, can play as CB or RB.

 

[Albertmare]

Big man , used to be strong few seasons ago , don't know now . i wouldn't mind as long as he's free agent better than Di Biagio indeed

 

[Red]

Please only sign this guy as a Boumsong replacement to be 4th choice CB.

He is too prone to careless mistakes.

 

[Geof]

Kovac kind of transfer I guess...

 

[Edge]

Well, free is alright, decent cover at RB more than CB.

 

[Sadomin]

He is not worse than Grygera, and not as mistake prone as Zebina or Boumsong.

 

[Firestarter]

Not a great RB, much more suited to CB.

 

[Dostoevsky]

Juve's Swede dreams

Juventus are being linked with Aston Villa stopper Olof Mellberg and unsettled midfielder Tiago Mendes may take his place in the Premier League.

Despite their successful start to the campaign, the Bianconeri are still looking for another defender to replace the injured Jorge Andrade.

Youngster Domenico Criscito has performed well in the role, but he has also fallen victim to injury niggles and Mellberg is eyeing a move to the peninsula.

“After seven years in Birmingham I would like to move to a big Italian or Spanish side who will be in Europe next year,” the Swedish international recently stated.

Mellberg could arrive in Turin on a free transfer this summer as his contract with Villa expires in June and sporting director Alessio Secco is expected to travel to open talks with him soon.

Meanwhile, there are rumours that West Ham are preparing a bid for Tiago, whose days in Turin seem to be numbered.

According to the Daily Mirror, the Hammers are ready to step in with a £5m offer in January – a fee that Juve are likely to accept.

While Tiago has been linked with Fiorentina, he has already played in England with Chelsea and is yet to settle in Italy.

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[Esteban]

What I'm concerned about with Olof is he has some kind of a loser's mentality. He gives up way too easily.
And also he's one of those people who's like; "I make my money out of playing football, then I go home and don't care about football". He has even stated that he never watches football games on tv. And he can hardly mention any players outside the Premiership.

Decent defender, but not with the right mentality. It's possible that could change if he was given a chance in a club like Juve. He would then have to give his heart in order to make an impact. I say yes, as a backup he could do more than well.

 

[JuveAdam]

Kovac kind of transfer I guess...

Good comparison, Mellberg would be better than Boumsong etc but I think we're in the market for starting CB's, making what we have now into strong backups, no?

 

[Bjerknes]

:rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:

 

[HelterSkelter]

I havnet seen a lot of Mellberg,so i cant make a fair judgement on him.He looked solid the few times ive seen him,though i dont know if he can do that regularly.He's free however,so it wouldnt hurt to sign him.He'd be a decent backup player.

 

[C4ISR]

Or we could sign a good cb worthy of a starting position, so we have competition at cb, as well as quality depth. Being free doesn't change the fact he is average. Were Juve ffs, not a mid-table club.

 

[Kosta]

You gotta be kidding me , Melberg to Juve ? Even Legro and Boumsong are class above him.

 

[Bjerknes]

Melburg fucking sucks. This is easily another Boumsong in the making.

Whomever is requesting this deal is an idiot.