Atlético Front Runners For Ujfalusi
A pre-contract does not require to be signed during a transfer window, so all transfer activity has not necessarily ended. Atlético de Madrid are reported to be winning the race to sign Tomas Ujfalusi on a free transfer from Fiorentina at the end of the season, despite his agent denying the news.
The 29-year-old Czech Republic international is hot property and has been linked to a host of Europe's top clubs as his contract is set to expire with La Viola in the summer.
While Atlético may not have signed any one in the winter market, they have been working on next season and are said to want to tie up Ujfalusi as well as closing in on Ajax's John Heitinga.
Fiorentina's website reported last week that their player would be moving to Spain in June and Marca believe that influential negotiator Bayran Tutumlu has brokered the deal.
Despite that, Ujfalusi's representative, Dalibor Lacina, was not impressed and claimed that no decision would be made until the time comes.
"For the umpteenth time I will say it," he began. "We will not make a decision until June because there are many questions to weigh up.
"We have thought a bit because first there was Sevilla, then Liverpool, then Juventus and now Atlético and it is normal for a player to be excited about these great clubs.
"But to say that there has already been an agreement signed is going one step ahead. Ujfalusi is a Fiorentina player and will continue to be until June.
"Nobody has ruled out the possibility that will stay either."
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