An Italian Summer: The Big Three's Transfers
Monday August 08 2005
...And what of champions Juventus? They steamrollered their way to a 28th title in May with some vintage gritty performances that left pulses unchanged. Their summer shopping has been very telling indeed. Instead of buying flair, excitement and fun they have plumped for three men who like a foul: midfield spoiler Giuliano Giannichedda, the prickly defender Robert Kovac and of course ex-Goonie leader Paddy Vieira. Not very mouth-watering really, is it?
It may turn out to be a gamble to expect the forwards already at the club to spearhead a double assault on the scudetto and the Champions League, because David Trezeguet will get injured for part of the season, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will get suspended somewhere alongthe way.
However, as always with this club, they don’t do their transfer dealing to anyone else’s timetable. So they could surprise us all and announce a big shiny signing on deadline day like last year when they got Fabio Cannavaro and Ibrahimovic. Regardless of any potential new recruits though, they still have enough quality and know-how to win title number 29 next May...but should get found out in Europe.
(Full article here)
Obviously, they're not quite done, but what do people think of the summer's transfers so far? Are we ready to retain the scudetto?
Monday August 08 2005
...And what of champions Juventus? They steamrollered their way to a 28th title in May with some vintage gritty performances that left pulses unchanged. Their summer shopping has been very telling indeed. Instead of buying flair, excitement and fun they have plumped for three men who like a foul: midfield spoiler Giuliano Giannichedda, the prickly defender Robert Kovac and of course ex-Goonie leader Paddy Vieira. Not very mouth-watering really, is it?
It may turn out to be a gamble to expect the forwards already at the club to spearhead a double assault on the scudetto and the Champions League, because David Trezeguet will get injured for part of the season, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will get suspended somewhere alongthe way.
However, as always with this club, they don’t do their transfer dealing to anyone else’s timetable. So they could surprise us all and announce a big shiny signing on deadline day like last year when they got Fabio Cannavaro and Ibrahimovic. Regardless of any potential new recruits though, they still have enough quality and know-how to win title number 29 next May...but should get found out in Europe.
(Full article here)
Obviously, they're not quite done, but what do people think of the summer's transfers so far? Are we ready to retain the scudetto?
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