From the Champions League and Conference League finals to the earthquake on the upper floors of Milan, from the casting for the Napoli bench to the doubts about the fate of Massimiliano Allegri. Between expectations and uncertainties, the big Serie A are still beginning to leaf through the daisy of the market, all with the need to balance the budgets, between purchases and payroll. To put a fixed point, at least on the bench, is meanwhile Atalanta, with the confirmation of Gian Piero GASPERINI, after a meeting between the coach and the Nerazzurri management.
In a scenario that suffers the economic power of the Premier League clubs, the Spanish giants and PSG - waiting for the Saudi assault, for now limited to the stars on the sunset avenue. Today Karim Benzema has signed for three years with Al-Ittihad - one of the secrets is to act with the lights off to get to the goal, which usually has many suitors.
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Benzema in Saudi Arabia, signs for Al-Ittihad - Football
The 35-year-old striker French signed a three-year contract (ANSA)
This is the case of Davide FRATTESI, pursued by Juventus, Inter but also and again by Roma, as well as by England, while Sassuolo is just waiting for the right offer, between cash and players, to let the 23-year-old midfielder leave. The Giallorossi club has some advantages, being able to count on 30% of the value of the card, but in Trigoria there is a new priority, finding a striker to cover the absence of the injured Tammy Abraham. Among the names circulating, there is also the suggestive one of Mauro Icardi, currently on loan in Turkey from PSG. The Parisian club - where at the moment Georginio WIJNALDUM has returned from the capital and Real Madrid striker Marco ASENSIO and Sporting Lisbon midfielder Manuel UGARTE are about to arrive - could make the hypothesis materialize, even if the last word on income and expenses will be up to the successor of the coach Christophe GALTIER, now on the door to give the baton to Julian NAGELSMANN, one of the names on which Napoli seemed to have focused for the post-Spalletti. French internationals Lucas HERNANDEZ, Randal KOLO MUANI and Marcus THURAM could also reach Paris from Germany, while only waiting for the announcement for Milan SKRINIAR from Inter, which meanwhile has targeted the pivot of Lazio's midfield, Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC.
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The Australian coach has signed a four-year contract (ANSA)
The other Milanese club could meanwhile review the targets in the sights of Maldini and Massara, from midfielder KAMADA to striker OPENDA, while the Spanish press gives for fact the return to Real Madrid of BRAHIM DIAZ. Pioli, the only veteran of the Scudetto trio, will have to deal with a whole new scenario. What Australian coach Ange will find POSTECOGLOU who signed a four-year contract with Tottenham today, where he basically becomes the successor to Antonio Conte. Sevilla, finally, has extended until June 2024 the contract of Jose Luis Mendilibar, who in addition to salvation led the Andalusians to the conquest of the Europa League.
