Ivanovic capture is getting close hmmm...
not if inter wants him too...
Inter Enter Ivanovic Race
Inter seem set to hijack Juventus’ bid for Lokomotiv Moscow defender Branislav Ivanovic, according to reports in the Italian press.
The highly-rated Serbian centre back, who was one of the stars of the European Under-21 Championships in Holland during the summer, has been linked with Juventus for several weeks now and had been expected to make the move to Turin in January.
However it has been revealed that yesterday, Giorgio De Giorgis, agent of Inter Coach Roberto Mancini, made contact with Ivanovic’s club and told of his client’s interest in the player.
Ivanovic has a termination clause in his contract of €15m, which means that if a big club puts in a bid of this figure, then Lokomotiv are powerless to stop him from leaving.
Inter President Massimo Moratti would have no problem forking out this kind of cash, but it remains to be seen how Juventus will feel about their rivals attempts to scupper their own deal for the player.
The Bianconeri have made the signing of a centre-back in the January transfer window as a priority. Jorge Andrade broke his kneecap during the week four match with Roma and will miss most of the season, meaning that Juve are very short of numbers at the back.
A host of stoppers have been linked with the club, including Tomas Ujfalusi, Diego Lugano, Luisao and even Luigi Di Biagio
why the hell inter want him, why cant they go after some italian FGS...