Lucio?

He is the sort of quality we need in the squad. We nearly met with disaster when VK was suspended last season. It's a pity he's not younger but some experience, competition and cover will be invaluable when we have a full fixture programme next season. If his legs are not gone he sounds a very good shout.
 
LoveCity said:
bapi said:
If we want 3rd/4th choice CB we could sign Tomas Sivok. 28 years old, will become a free agent this Sunday, did play for Udinese and Besiktas where he earned less than 15k p/w so he'd be really cheap. And he's in talks with Everton, Fulham, Southampton, Wigan, Sevilla and Valencia now.

It's not 2006 anymore, we aren't shopping in the bargain bin for mid-table players.

Yes, but it's not possible to have 4 top centre-backs. We have 2 now but Kolo is slow and Savic is just awful so if they'll leave we'll need 2 CBs.
 
bapi said:
LoveCity said:
bapi said:
If we want 3rd/4th choice CB we could sign Tomas Sivok. 28 years old, will become a free agent this Sunday, did play for Udinese and Besiktas where he earned less than 15k p/w so he'd be really cheap. And he's in talks with Everton, Fulham, Southampton, Wigan, Sevilla and Valencia now.

It's not 2006 anymore, we aren't shopping in the bargain bin for mid-table players.

Yes, but it's not possible to have 4 top centre-backs. We have 2 now but Kolo is slow and Savic is just awful so if they'll leave we'll need 2 CBs.

Kolo is a lot of things but 'slow' isn't one of them.
 
Davs 19 said:
bapi said:
LoveCity said:
It's not 2006 anymore, we aren't shopping in the bargain bin for mid-table players.

Yes, but it's not possible to have 4 top centre-backs. We have 2 now but Kolo is slow and Savic is just awful so if they'll leave we'll need 2 CBs.

Kolo is a lot of things but 'slow' isn't one of them.

And Norwich at home?
 
bapi said:
Yes, but it's not possible to have 4 top centre-backs. We have 2 now but Kolo is slow and Savic is just awful so if they'll leave we'll need 2 CBs.

We can use Richards as a CB and there is no guarantee that someone with a background in the Czech and Turkish league would be any better than Savic or even Boyata who is a decent CB (but a poor RB).
 
LoveCity said:
bapi said:
Yes, but it's not possible to have 4 top centre-backs. We have 2 now but Kolo is slow and Savic is just awful so if they'll leave we'll need 2 CBs.

We can use Richards as a CB and there is no guarantee that someone with a background in the Czech and Turkish league would be any better than Savic or even Boyata who is a decent CB (but a poor RB).

Yes but what if Zaba will be injured? Clichy is a LB for me. Rekik is class but still needs more experience.
 
bapi said:
Yes but what if Zaba will be injured? Clichy is a LB for me. Rekik is class but still needs more experience.

In the small chance one of our main CBs and Zaba are injured at the same time then yes we have to use another CB, but this we can still do better than a mid-table 28 year old who has never played in a league even close to the quality of England's.
 
PAVELtheBEST said:
juve signed him

2 years deal.
Source?
Pity if true!
Juve snapped up Pirlo too who is only a year younger! The Euros have shown world class quality players do not "lose it" overnight. He could have done a good job for us in the short term I'm convinced.
 
Its a no for me im a massive fan of him but think he would want first team football and ALOT of money, and i dont think we are in a position to offer either. Lescott and Kompany have been solid for the past two years and we need to get rid of dead wood before we sign anyone, if we sign a centre back I would like someone with EPL experience, the right side of 30 and is hungry for success! Cracking player though!
 
From skysports.com:


Inter exit for Lucio
Brazilian wished a fond farewell from Giuseppe Meazza

Veteran defender Lucio's glittering career at Inter Milan has been brought to an end after it was agreed to cancel the final two years of his contract by mutual consent.

The 34-year-old Brazilian World Cup winner joined Inter in 2009 and went on to play 136 matches, scoring five goals.

In his time at Inter, Lucio also won one Scudetto, two Coppa Italias, one Super Coppa, the UEFA Champions League and the Club World Cup.

"Internazionale announces that the documents relative to the cancellation of Lucio's contract by mutual consent have been deposited in the offices of Lega Serie A," said a club statement.

"Everyone at FC Internazionale wishes Lucio and his family a fond farewell."

Fenerbahce denial
On Thursday, Turkish club Fenerbahce were moved to post an official statement on their website denying they wanted to sign Lucio.

Prior to moving to Italy, Lucio enjoyed a successful career in Germany, where he played for both Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.

Lucio scored in the 2002 Champions League final for Leverkusen, although they lost the match to Real Madrid.

With Bayern, he won three Bundesliga titles, three DFB-Pokal crowns and three Supercups.

Lucio has 105 caps for his country, and a 2002 World Cup winners' medal to go with Confederations Cup glory in 2005 and 2009.

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According to the Di Marzio agreement reached with Juventus on a contract of €2.2m a year for 2 years and will be announced/presented to the media on Monday along with Paul Pogba, Isla and Asamoah.

I guess they needed experience for their CL campaign with Lucio and to give greater flexibility to the back four with Chiellini able to play LB if needed.

Apparently the club is talking of finishing their market operations with the signings of Manolo Gabbiadini and a striker rumoured to be either Destro, Dzeko or (less likely) Van Persie. Like Balotelli, now reported in the Italian sports press to be worth €50m, RVP is way outside the Juve budget.
 
Tez Tosterone said:
According to the Di Marzio agreement reached with Juventus on a contract of €2.2m a year for 2 years and will be announced/presented to the media on Monday along with Paul Pogba, Isla and Asamoah.

I guess they needed experience for their CL campaign with Lucio and to give greater flexibility to the back four with Chiellini able to play LB if needed.

Apparently the club is talking of finishing their market operations with the signings of Manolo Gabbiadini and a striker rumoured to be either Destro, Dzeko or (less likely) Van Persie. Like Balotelli, now reported in the Italian sports press to be worth €50m, RVP is way outside the Juve budget.
Juve have made some shrewd acquisitions for the money and will be a dangerous side next year. They signed Pirlo as a free agent from Milan last year and now Lucio as a free from Inter. IMO there can be too much prejudice against older players and not enough respect for experience.
 
Tez Tosterone said:
According to the Di Marzio agreement reached with Juventus on a contract of €2.2m a year for 2 years and will be announced/presented to the media on Monday along with Paul Pogba, Isla and Asamoah.

I guess they needed experience for their CL campaign with Lucio and to give greater flexibility to the back four with Chiellini able to play LB if needed.

Apparently the club is talking of finishing their market operations with the signings of Manolo Gabbiadini and a striker rumoured to be either Destro, Dzeko or (less likely) Van Persie. Like Balotelli, now reported in the Italian sports press to be worth €50m, RVP is way outside the Juve budget.
Juve seem to be linked with every player going.

If Mario scores in the final, I reckon the Italian owners like Moratti and Berlusconi will have a serious thought about trying to buy him. His personality means that you are buying a player that could fill their stadia and sell thousands of shirts
 
bluethai said:
Some short sight people said Pirlo was finished and too old when he left Milan too.
Yeah exactly. That Inter locker room was likely pretty cancerous the last 2 seasons. He moves to a brand new stadium, with a close knit championship winning team, a very good players coach and you could see him being rejuvenated tbh, no pun intended.
 

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