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PAPER TALK: Berlusconi puts AC Milan takeover on hold. Berardi set for Juve medical. Chelsea meet Kante’s release clause
Berlusconi’s unpredictable humour is definitely not helping negotiations, though all parties have confirmed that there are no problems between them and that negotiations are ongoing.
On the one hand Suning’s announcement of Inter takeover could finally convince Berlusconi that he can’t cope with managing AC Milan on his own anymore, convincing him to speed up talks and close the deal as soon as possible. On the other hand, Italy’s local elections may force him to ask Chinese suitors for more time before completing the club’s takeover.
Still according to the Italian paper, Domenico Berardi will undergo medical with Juventus before the week-end and his signing will be announced at the beginning of next week (probably next Monday), whilst Dani Alves is ready to pen a new two-year-deal with the Old Lady. His salary will be around € 3.5 million a year plus bonuses.
Berardi will move to Juventus for € 25 million, though the Old Lady is still trying to lower the player's release fee adding a couple of their youngsters in a player-plus-cash swap deal.
OTHER HEADLINES
Real Madrid have already received offers from six different clubs for Alvaro Morata (Tuttosport)
Barcelona will offer Juventus target Javier Mascherano a new four-year deal and an annual salary of € 10 million (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Chelsea want to trigger N’Golo Kanté’s € 20 million release clause, but the player will make a decision on his future only after EURO 2016 (Tuttosport)
Juventus’ Stephan Lichtsteiner, 32, is a target of Inter for the 2016 summer transfer campaign (Corriere dello Sport)
Manuel Pellegrini has requested a salary of € 6 million per season to become new AC Milan boss (Tuttosport)
Cristian Zapata could extend his stay at AC Milan as Alex and Mexes will both leave the club in the summer (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Roberto Mancini might be offered a new one-year-deal by new Chinese owners of Suning Group (Corriere dello Sport)
Juventus are still chasing Medhi Benatia and Mario Gotze of Bayern Munich (Corriere dello Sport)
Diego Simeone wants Cavani to join Atletico (Tuttosport)
Napoli are facing International competition for their targets: Sime Vrsaljko is also wanted by Atletico Madrid, Zielinski is a target of Liverpool, De Sciglio is on Juventus’ radars (Corriere dello Sport)
Tonny Vilhena and Yaya Touré still top Mancini wish-list for midfielder reinforcement, but the permanence of the Italian gaffer on the nerazzurri’s bench is not to be taken for granted (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Lazio want to sign Ciro Immobile as Torino will fail to sign him to permanent deal (Corriere dello Sport)
Venezia (Lega Pro) will announce the appointment of Filippo Inzaghi as their new coach tomorrow (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Chelsea, Liverpool, Leicester City, Everton and West Ham are the Premier League clubs interested in signing Juventus striker Simone Zaza (Corriere dello Sport)
Ballardini will be confirmed as Palermo boss for next season (Tuttosport)
Lorenzo Bettoni @lorebetto
