Milito agent opens Juve door Wednesday 13 June, 2007
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The agent of Zaragoza stopper Gabriel Alejandro Milito has claimed that his client will join Juventus this summer.
The Bianconeri are in desperate need of a quality central defender and the Argentine, who recently told Coach Agapito Iglesias that he was “determined” to move to a Serie A club, seems to be on his way.
“Gabriel has ended his cycle at Zaragoza and his position on this issue will not change,” noted agent Eduardo Gamarink to AS. “He will leave and he will leave for Juventus.
“The previous management reached an agreement with us last year and even if the officials have changed in the meantime, they have to keep that promise.
“Juventus are in a hurry to close the deal as they have been waiting for some time and we appreciate this.
“In about a week or 10 days everything should be resolved. I insist on the fact that Gabriel has ended his time here.”
Zaragoza have allegedly turned down all of Juventus’ offers for the stopper so far, but a fee of around £12m is expected to be agreed.
The Spanish side are now understood to have accepted the fact that Milito wants out and the operation will be concluded once the Liga campaign ends this weekend.
The 26-year-old, whose brother Diego Milito played in Italy for Genoa, started his career with Independiente in 1997 before joining Zaragoza in 2003.
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