Chapter 493: The Noisy Transfer Market (Part I)

Ze Roberto was bought to fill Djokaeff's place, and Materazzi was reclaimed to replace Viljoward as the team's fourth centre-back...... Fiorentina have left a few good players this summer, but the arrival of these new blood has minimized Fiorentina's losses.

After completing the transfer of Ze Roberto, Zhuang Mingge discussed with manager Capello and agreed that with the current staffing of Fiorentina's first team, it should not be a problem to cope with all competitions next season.

So, barring an unforeseen event, Fiorentina's summer transfer will end here.

While Fiorentina is trying to find players who can supplement the squad, other Serie A teams are not idle, especially several clubs that belong to the same Serie A sisters as Fiorentina, are looking for good players all over the world, intending to wrestle with Fiorentina next season and prevent the Purple Lily from continuing to dominate the league.

If Fiorentina really equals or even breaks Juventus's record of five consecutive league titles in the thirties, it will be a shame for other Serie A clubs of Fiorentina's time!

Juventus, in particular, are most wary of Fiorentina's three-peat, club-winning club with the most Serie A titles, and the Old Lady does not want to be the first team after AC Milan to be knocked out of the all-time record by Fiorentina.

Therefore, the Agnelli family opened their wallets to the Bianconeri for the first time this time, with only one demand, and that is to do everything in their power to prevent Fiorentina's winning streak.

So, with a cheque book in his hand, Moggi embarked on a journey to strengthen the current shortcomings of the Juventus squad this summer, namely the forward line.

In the view of Mo Lao Fox, Juventus's player configuration in the midfield can be said to be the top in Europe, and the only place that needs reinforcements is the forward line. The Bianconeri, who once boasted the likes of Roberto Baggio, Vialli and Ravanelli, could not find a striker to partner with Pierrot, neither Croatian centre-forward Boksic nor homegrown goalscorers Padovano and Younger Amoruso (Nicola Amoruso, Italian, not the Brazilian striker who won the Serie A Golden Boot as everyone knows), could not provide the necessary firepower for the team.

Therefore, the Molao Foxes, who want to strengthen the team's forward line, took a fancy to Simeone Inzaghi, believing that he had the same potential as his brother, and set out to bring him to Juventus. However, neither Fiorentina nor Inzaghi Jr. himself had any idea of intersecting with Juventus, and Mo Lao Fox could only watch his goal fall into the arms of Atletico Madrid.

After the failure to pursue Inzaghi Jr., Mo Lao Fox finally understood one thing, that is, with the relationship between Juventus and Fiorentina, Fiorentina players joining Juventus are deliberately hating, except for a few players with strong enough nerves or big strips, basically will not choose this path.

This point, from Juventus now to the Frankie game, Fiorentina fans have not let go of every opportunity to mock Pexoto, Iuliano and Tacchinadi.

So, Mo Lao Fox set his sights on Marcelo Otero, who is known as the Florentine star. The Uruguayan striker has scored a total of 20 goals in all competitions this season, seven of which have gone to Fiorentina's goal, a percentage of more than a third!

Otero's excellent form against Fiorentina made the old fox Mo determined to spend a full $10 million to buy the Uruguayan striker - as long as this guy can help Juventus win against Fiorentina, then the transfer is considered a profit!

Vicenza is a small club, and although it won the Coppa Italia this year and finished sixth in the league, it still can't hide the fact that it is still very weak. Especially in terms of finance, it is simply not comparable to the seven sisters of Serie A who have the support of a big consortium, and even Udinese, which has the support of the Pozzo family, and Vicenza cannot be compared.

Therefore, in the face of Moggie's offer of 10 million US dollars, Vicenza immediately sent Otero with both hands.

Moggi, who signed Otero, did not stop there, while chasing Udinese striker Marcio Amoruso, Mo's old fox also put the useless Boksic and Padovano and others on the transfer list, planning to sell these people through Guò to return some of the funds and clear up part of the salary space, after all, Italy's personal income tax is still very scary, and it is one of Moggi's philosophies to run Juventus.

After spending a lot of money to sign Djokaeff from Fiorentina, Inter Milan's boss is still looking for stars who can bring the Nerazzurri back to glory: Madias Summer, Alan Shearer and other well-known stars have been harassed by Mo's boss to a greater or lesser extent, but they are not interested in this "star black hole" that has already killed the likes of Paolo Ince and Zamorano, and they do not want to pit their reputation here at Inter Milan.

However, Moratti has not been without success, as Uruguayan rising star Recoba and Atletico Madrid midfielder Diego Simeone are both interested in moving to the Nerazzurri to lead Inter Milan's revival.

AC Milan's theme this summer is farewell, with veteran captain Franco Baresi after 20 seasons with the team, and Mauro Tasottti, another veteran of the Rossoneri for 17 years, ending their careers and announcing their retirement.

AC Milan also made arrangements for the future of the two loyal veterans, Baresi became the club's third vice president and vice chairman, and the number 6 shirt he wore when he played for Milan was completely sealed by the club; Tasotti has taken a different approach to the football pitch, joining the Milan coaching staff and becoming an assistant coach of the team, whose prestige can help new manager Claudio Ranieri better manage the team.

Ranieri has purged the squad since taking over, putting a number of players he thinks don't fit his tactics on the transfer list and listing the types of players he needs. AC Milan's management, in support of the new manager, began to buy players who met Ranieri's requirements in the transfer market after asking for money from Silvio Berlusconi.

Veteran Donadoni returned to the Rossoneri after two years in the major leagues, while Brazilian left-wing Leonardo also arrived from Paris Saint-Germain; Given Baresi's retirement and Costacuta's poor form, Galliani is also ready to sign Brazilian centre-back Andre Crew, who plays for Napoli; Striker Andreas Anderson, who has been a big hitter in the Swedish league, and Inter Milan striker Maurizio Guntz have also been on Galliani's radar.

In order to compete with Fiorentina next season, the top three in the north are working hard to expand the strength of the team.