It’s Official!

By: roberto | May 30th, 2008

In what will be his first interview later this afternoon as a Bianconero, Amauri will officially announce his move to Juventus. Gald to have you big fella! More details to follow as they come in.

UPDATE

According to C4.com, the conditions of Lanzafame’s new deal have yet to be determined. Palermo sporting director Rino Foschi said, “the transfers for Amauri and Nocerino are complete, but we are still sorting out the details for David Lanzafame.” However, he went on to stress that all parties are happy with the deal and that things [Lanzafame] will be sorted out by July.

Amauri on Juventus:

“When I arrived in Italy eight years ago I had a dream – to play for a big team,” Amauri told journalists at his first press conference this afternoon. “Today I have realised that dream. I am happy and I want to win with Juve. It’s true that Milan were also interested, but Juventus were my first choice,” he said.

On the other end, Nocerino had this to say about his now former club:

“This is goodbye for me, I am going to Palermo and I am happy and proud with the choice because it is a big stage, an excellent squad and a great city. I will also be close to home, which makes me happy. I can’t wait to get started with my new shirt. I’m not stupid and I know that footballers come and go. It was an honour to wear the Juve shirt and I am leaving on good terms and without any bitterness. I enjoyed being in Turin, but now we have gone separate way.”

Palermo have a diamond in the rough on their hands, and let’s hope he does well in Sicily. Finally, I must admit despite all of the rumours, Nocerino, Amauri, and the Rosaneri, were pure class throughout this thing.

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adam

I read that Lazio are interested in Almiron and that we would use him to sign Stendardo. Why not give back Stendardo and use Almiron to get De Silvestri, this guy has a really bright future, both at club and Azzuri level.
http://www.calciomercato.com/i...
adam

It would be nice if we could get Aquilani from Roma, but that looks very unlikely. So why doesnt our management go after Montolivo, I think he is the type of player that Juve needs. great tackling, powerful shots, and great passing and technical abilities. our midfield would be complete with him and hes a much better option than Xabi Alonso.
Sofia

alessio - i truly hope Lippi comes back to Juve, if not as coach, at least as Sporting Director.
As for Grosso, we really need to act fast because his price tag will go up during euros but he said he wants to come back to italy
agiamba

Grande Lippi!

http://goal.com/en-US/Articolo...

Lippi: I Will Never Coach Milan
Marcello Lippi has closed the door shut on a possible move to Milan, and says that the only two teams he could ever coach in Italy are Juventus and the Azzurri.

Anyone get the feeling he's just waiting for Juve's spot to open up?
agiamba

Apparently Bayern Munich are eying Cristiano Zanetti as a midfield signing.

Good to see the man get respect, but no thanks. He said he wants to end his career with us (good mna) and I hope he does.
adam

also remeber that zambrotta felt betrayed by the juve management because JUVE wanted to sell him, players like him, emerson, and cannavaro all wanted to stay but the management preffered to cash in on them.
adam

dont be mad at zambrotta, he did alot of good things at juve. and i doubt that many players would welcome him back with open arms after "abondoning ship". atleast he joined the better side of milano.

As for grosso i think that there is a very good chance he will join, but the management must work fast and get him before the euro's otherwise his price could go up and out of juve's reach.
Sally

YES HE IS. I hope he gets bitchslapped by zebina.

but anyway - i think molinaro should leave. hes just not good enough for juventus.
MIkeDG

Zambrotta is a FKN WHORE.
agiamba

Are they incapable if they announce they aren't pursuing anyone while making the moves? Not at all. If we do go for Grosso, that's very smart of us. How many times have we already gotten burned on announced targets this transfer season?
Sofia

alessio - i told you our management were incapable....i really hope that Grosso rumour is true because if nto we are screwed
agiamba

They can say LB is fine all they want, but if they are moving for it we are ok.

And CalcioMercato says Juventus have made an official inquiry at Lyon about Grosso's availability- http://www.calciomercato.com/i...
Anthony

We better start signing blanc has faith in molinaro next year "Cristian Molinaro and Paolo De Ceglie will be competing for the left-back place as they are two players who we have plenty of faith in" they shut the door on riise
Sofia

Sally - that is sooo awesome! i wish i lived in melbourne so i could have seen the game live

KJ - I think that is the stupidest thing i have heard since i heard we signed amauri. hahahaha that would a waste of $$$$
agiamba

We don't need him but goddamn would I love to see him, albeit a bit saner, playing for Juventus.
KJ

Sofia, what do you think about Juve's newly found desire for Mr. Cassano?
Sally

oh btw i met palladino in melbourne :) probably the nicest of the lot - but the nicest of them all was il professore, he was brilliant.
Sally

best of luck nocerino. was not a big fan of this transfer.. wished the money was spent fixing the defence or midfield where it was really needed but welcome amauri cant do much about that now.

what i really fear now though is if palladino leaves. shit.
KJ

co-ownership
Sofia

also, lanzafame, is he going to palermo on a loan deal or are we SELLING him?? selling him would be stupid, a loan deal would be the smart choice on Juve's part, but with Secco making those decisions...
Sofia

alessio - ok well at least him being on the bench would be depth in the backline which we desperately need. Yes i agree, LB needs the most work, Molinaro needs to play in Serie C/D or not at all even.

i heard he isn't bad either, so we'll see what happens, but i mean poeple told me tiago was good, and then he stepped on the pitch....
agiamba

alonso would be a good pickup. i dont watch EPL, but from what my manUre buddy has told me and what ive read hes a good CM who can defend and is a good passer. if this is true, this is precisely who we want in midfield, thats what tiago was supposed to be.
agiamba

mellberg signed on a bosman to join this summer, sofia, so yes. i dont know much about his quality, i do not believe he was signed to be in the starting XI though.

the #1 position for me to fix is left-back. legrottaglie, chiellini, andrade, and mellberg already play CB with grygera/zebina able to. at left-back we have molinaro. grosso would be the perfect pickup, with de ceglie a great substitute.
Il Divin Codino

Amauri is a good player and he will valuable to us next season. As for Alonso, it seems that he wants to join Juventus instead of Madrid, he will be great in our midfield. Everyone say´s it but i will say it again we are desperate needing center and sidebacks.
R.J.

sofia, you are a loser. Hopefully, for your sake, one day some guy will get drunk enough to take your virginity. maybe when amauri is leading serie a in goals for juve next year you'll shut the fuck up.

obviously they need help in the back, but this move presented itself, so fucking take it. ship off nocerino? sounds like a no-brainer to me.
Anthony

Zambro signed with milan trader i seem worried now how can a team who made the uefa cup seem more appealing than juve we keep losing out on every possible bid now we might loose alonso to madrid like they even need him hes gona be on the bench. we need some new faces in our mangement fast if lippi were manager we would have half of europe at our mercy begging to join us. Secco out you fuckin child and ranieri should be coaching in serie b.
Sofia

is mellberg coming or not? because i could've sworn we signed him in january....

yeahh if we can pick up grosso or even zambro who wants to come home, it would be great! zambrotta played very well for juve during his time here and also he playde well for the azzurri on friday.
i don't know much about Alonso so I don't have an opinion on him
agiamba

2-3 more players.

If we can get rid of Molinaro, pickup Grosso and Alonso, we'll be good. Bonus props for Santacroce, but I don't see Napoli parting with him.
roberto

Sofia... true, true.
Sofia

alessio - in my opinion, the juve management are completely incompetent. if they wait too long all the champ defenders on their "wish list", so to speak, will be spoken for and we will be left in the dust with Molinaro. THAT is what i am afraid of.
agiamba

Look at Milan, Inter, Roma-

Roma did not have enough strikers, that was obvious, and the only play with one. They had two.
Milan had 4 strikers- Gilardino, Inzaghi, Pato, and Ronaldo. Ronaldo got injured, Inzaghi was pretty much out, and they had serious goal scoring problems.
Inter had Ibra, Suazo, Cruz, Crespo, and Balotelli. They coped fine in attack. We'll have ADP, Trez, Amauri, Iaquinta, and Palladino. 5 terrific strikers.
agiamba

Pasquato, Essabr, Lanzafame, etc. are great and all but they are 3-4 years from being Juventus starting candidates. I've had my doubts about Amauri, but his quality is undoubted and we've already signed him. We needed another striker, if Trezeguet gets injured, Iaquinta would have to play every game. If Del Piero went down, Palladino would be our only supporting striker. Amauri gives us insurance, and with the CL we need that.

Sofia, everyone needs to stop saying "defense should be our #1 priority." Juve management may be incompetent but they aren't total idiots. They are well aware that our defense needs building and they are working on it. If we get Xabi Alonso, then our midfield is more or less complete. We have 2 months to negotiate into defenders.
Sofia

KJ - are you serious right now? my "teenie bopping fun"? you must think your a genius right? the reason I dont like Amauri is because his head is bigger than he is. I am actually surprised it fit through the door. The guy is a prima donna. Juve dont need shit like that. Simple. We have other young strikers coming up through the ranks if you do read about our Primavera squad, but you proabably don't so I can expect BS like this from someone like you. We have Palladino, Pasquato, Bottone, Essabr, D'Antoni, Lanzafame. The fuck do you need Amauri for?? These are up and coming youth kids whom we have groomed since their childhood perhaps.

Also, you should probably watch who you call retarded because I have a cousin with autism. Just be careful.

roberto - yes i understand but i mean we might as well have signed Cassano if i wanted a prima donna. its stupid, there are better strikers out there with a smaller head. defence should be our #1 priority. they left buffon alone waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much last season so if you want to do well in CL defence is just as, if not more important than attack, esp when you two main strikers were the top 2 scorers in serie a this season...
agiamba

KJ, I semi-agree with your statement but Del Piero is 33 and Trezeguet is only 30. It's not that dire.
roberto

Guys Amauri and Juventus can work. Ranieri won't stand for any prima dona shit! He'll bench his ass. Sofia don't be mad since Nocerino was sold for him. Del Piero and Trezeguet will of course be our number 1 choice for years to come if they remain in top form. But remember, we're talking about the Champions League next season now people. We needed extra bodies to back them, Iaquinta and even Palladino up.

Now it's on to either our midfield or defence.
KJ

Sofia, ADP is 34
Trez is 32
Iaquinta is all but gone

So unless you are retarded, Amauri is a solid sign...Sorry if this ruins your teenie bopping fun
Sofia

alessio - i dont care what he does as long as he does it from the bench. there is no room for him at juventus. we are a team that play champions not Amauri, Tiago Molinaro. Secco is just stupid. We are turning into the old juventus where we buy players and sell our youth, who's next??? Giovinco? Lanzafame? Palladino???

adam - yea Palla was amaaaaaazing!! when that kid is on, he is ON! that dance was priceless hahahahahahah!!!
adam

did any one see palladino play against melbourne yesterday? he was amazing and that dance molinaro and him did was pretty funny. PALLADINO SHOULD NEVER BE SOLD!!!
calcio-calcio

good signing .... but i would have liked to see huntelarr
Johonna

I would be worried, but I just think you bought yourselves a prima dona. How is he going to like warming the bench for ADP and Trez? Also, where is Iaquinta in this pecking order?
He may have his moments, but I just dont like the guy.
BTW Alessio, does he count as an Italian?