As reported in the last days, AC Milan are trying to enforce their defense, and one of their options is a swap with Parma involving 28 year old Djamel Mesbah and 31 year old Crisrian Zaccardo, but the Lombard club’s Chief Executive Adriano Galliani has declared today that such operation won’t be carried out; still regarding the defense, Galliani has also revealed to have refused Zenit St. Petersburg’s offer for 26 year old Ignazio Abate; on the contrary, according to gianlucadimarzio.com, the rossoneri, as well as Napoli and Southampton, are still keen on Cagliari 26 year old Davide Astori and soon will make an attempt for Newcastle United 22 year old Davide Santon, valued at least 8 million euros by the English club. Milan are also seeking a midfielder, and are already in talks with Genoa for 25 year old Juraj Kucka. Regarding the offensive line, Galliani himself has once again declared that Manchester City 22 year old Mario Balotelli won’t be signed.

Enforcing their team’s offensive line remains the priority for Serie A defending champions Juventus: there have been some rumors about a possible swap with Milan indeed involving 28 year old Alessandro Matri and same aged Giampaolo Pazzini, but the former Cagliari player, according to Bundesligapremier.it, could finally move to England where he is tracked by both Arsenal and Manchester City. In any case the bianconeri, as reported by Il Giorno, keep on working to bring Shanghai Shenhua 34 year old Didier Drogba to Turin, while the new name is the one of Lyon 29 year old Lisandro Lopez.