I know it is all rumors guys, but they say that every rumour has a little bit of truth inside...
According to
www.goal.com, Arsenal are ready to hijack our Amauri deal which does not surprise me as they are looking for experienced striker and might be kind of warning on Flamini...
But then again something had happened:
"Berbatov To Quit Spurs As Contract Talks Fail?"
If Berbatov is out of Spurs we were one of the interesting teams. Now they are stating the it needs to be a CL team and also that it is one of the big 8 teams that we all know. Two in Spain, Four in England... so there are two in Italy left - Juve and Milan I think. And the last one ain't CL qualified, yet. Besides we were linked with Berbatov on several occasions and there were Juve scouts on his games. (before they decided to put him a 30/40 Mln. Pounds tag).
Amauri and Berbatov are alike, but I think that the Bulgarian has more intelligence and experience. That would make him a very good addition to our squad and style. He can play for both Del Piero and Trezeguet positions - he can create as well as score.
Now I know a lot of you would say: "blah-blah... he would go somewhere else"
But in reality he can go either here or in Manchester United. why?
He is a player with loyalty and character - he could not switch from one side of London to the other. So Chelsea, Arsenal are out. Liverpool is not looking for a striker as well. So there are Manchester United (and he was linked couple of times with them as well, but I think since Ronaldo stays and they have a great team already he would be more like a sub - he would not enjoy it very much)
Spain is out - he said that he likes Italy and England (he already played in Germany). Nonetheless Real Madrid are always an option... unrealistic IMO for now.
So Italy - we were linked , Milan as well. We are selling Palla and probably not getting Amauri - we are in 100%. Milan if they get Ronaldinho and Sheva - I am not so confident about...
So I personally hope that he arrives, but in a 'normal' transfer price of ~20Mln. Euros. Besides he has only 2 years left of his contract and his salary is less than 40 000 GBP per week. ~ <2.5 Mln. Euros.