As reported last week by calciomercato.com, Inter Milan are keen on Barcelona attacking midfielder Ibrahim Afellay, but, interviewed by AS, the Holland national has declared that he wants to remain at the Catalan club. Still regarding the midfield, also Valencia, according to the French press, are interested in Corinthians 23 year old Paulinho, considered an Inter target. The nerazzurri are also seeking a defender, and Palermo 27 year old Matias Silvestre remains the main option: the Sicilian club's Sports Director Giorgio Perinetti has confirmed that Inter is the club that has shown the most interest for the player. The Argentine, also tracked by Rubin Kazan, could leave for about 9 million euros.

Still a lot of misteries around the situation of 24 year old center back Francesco Acerbi, until now in co-ownership between Genoa and Chievo and considered an AC Milan target, as admitted by the Lombard club Chief Executive Adriano Galliani. The Ligurian club president Enrico Preziosi has in fact declared to have found an agreement with Chievo and to be ready to sell the player to the rossoneri, but, according to gazzetta.it, there are still some problems to solve between Chievo and Genoa. Moreover, from Poland, AC Milan forward Antonio Cassano has declared to Sportmediaset that he will talk about his future with his club after the end of the European Championship.