From the papers

June 9, 1999
Juventus Official Site

The Christian Vieri saga is finally over. His move to Inter will be made official in the next few hours.

All the headlines in the sports papers are about the 'bomber' from the Italian national side.

Tuttosport: "Vieri goes to Inter for 90bn lira (around £32m). It's the highest transfer fee ever." Further on, the paper writes that Juventus are to sign Pavel Nedved and Serbian forward Darko Kovacevic. The Serb from Real Sociedad will play alongside Inzaghi.

The paper goes on to say that Paolo Vanoli is set to arrive from Parma whilst Bachini is now certain to sign from Udinese. Gazzetta dello Sport has the headline: "Vieri alongside Ronaldo at Inter. 70bn lira in cash plus Simeone to Lazio."

There is also news of the national side. A win over Switzerland would book a place for Italy in EURO 2000.

Corriere dello Sport opens along similar lines to Tuttosport. "Vieri with Ronaldo. Massive coup for Inter: Lippi will have an amazing attack. Massimo Moratti (Inter Milan president) wins over Sergio Cragnotti (Lazio president): the national side's centre forward is valued at 90bn lira (Simeone plus 69bn lira in cash). Lazio rejected a desperate bid by Juventus, who offered Davids plus cash. The Bianconeri are now focusing on Anelka while they close deals with Kovacevic and Rapajc."

Inside Tuttosport, the papers reports on how the Kovacevic signing is some consolation for Juventus and that Real Sociedad will get 35bn lira (around £12.5m) for him. The paper says Di Livio is almost certain to move to Trapattoni's Fiorentina and that his replacement will be Bachini. It also says that Del Piero's contract looks like being renewed and that Inzaghi has a meeting about his future today.

According to Corriere dello Sport the renewal of Alessandro Del Piero's contract is practically done and dusted. The paper says that Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi is optimistic that Del Piero will sign when he returns from his Caribbean holiday, though there have been no recent developments. The crunch meeting is to be held midway through next week. Del Piero will also take part in the meeting.

With regard to the national team, the paper says that Italy needs three points to qualify for Europe. A win today would make qualification a certainty.

Gazzetta dello Sport focuses on the Italy v Switzerland international. "Inzaghi wants to complete the task swiftly. By beating Switzerland, we make sure of qualifying."
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