Transfernews ab 12.12.2005

[Rui Costa]

Sagnol to Juve row escalates

Saturday 17 December, 2005

Willy Sagnol has confirmed his excitement at an imminent move to Juventus, but Bayern Munich chief Karl Heinz Rummenigge insisted he’d block the deal.

“Juventus are a great club who have a lot of respect for their players, just as Bayern do,” Sagnol told ‘La Gazette des Verts’ magazine.

“Serie A football has always intrigued me and I want to continue picking up trophies and playing alongside great stars. There are many other Frenchmen at Juve who can help me to settle in quickly. Above all, I really want to work with a world class Coach like Fabio Capello.”

The French international’s contract with Bayern is up at the end of the season and he made it clear his time in the Bundesliga is up.

“I want to know a new style of football, even if I must admit my years at Bayern were formative ones. If I had stayed, I would’ve been given the captain’s armband, but there are so many players like Michael Ballack, Claudio Pizarro and Oliver Kahn walking away in the summer. I think my era in Munich is over and I have other aspirations.”

This is the first official confirmation from Sagnol himself that the move to Juventus is sewn up, but it only further infuriated Bayern director Rummenigge, who had already described the club’s transfer strategy as “life the Mafia.”

“Director General Luciano Moggi did not act in a gentlemanly manner, but everyone knows how he works,” he told the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’.

“He spoke to Sagnol when Bayern and Juve were playing each other in the Champions League and should have informed us of these talks. Does he think we’re all idiots in Munich? It’s not over yet, as Sagnol will never join Juventus. I can say this for certain.”

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/dec17e.html

wenn er unbedingt nach italien will und juve villeicht nicht möglich ist wüsste ich da noch einen anderen klub der im sommer einen neuen verteidiger braucht

[MILANISTA]

das wäre aber echt zu fies!

[basilese]

chievo verona ist an mario raimondi von den berner young boys dran