From the papers

June 13, 1999
Juventus Official Site

Transfer news dominates the papers again today. All the big clubs are making attempts to strengthen their squads ahead of next season.

The Gazzetta dello Sport's centre page headline: "Parma have bought Ortega. Juve interested in Giannichedda. Muzzi urged to join Udine. Inter tempts Real: Ventola for Seedorf. The Emilian club will pay out 40,000M lira (13.7M pounds) for Sampdoria's Argentinian star. The Bianconeri, meanwhile are after a midfielder to replace Deschamps."

"Inter's plan: complex but possibile. Two attackers for Lazio: Palermo if the choice falls on a main attacking forward, Lopez if a support is preferred."

According to the Corriere dello Sport, Seedorf is on the point of joining an Italian team: "Three clubs are after Seedorf - Inter, Lazio and Roma. Estimated fee 45,000M lira (15.5M pounds). Eriksson has spoken to him on the telephone; Capello has seen him in Madrid; Lippi deems him the best midfielder for Inter."

Tuttosport devotes a lot of space to Torino's last match in serie B: "Toro, farewell B!. It's a joyful day: 50.000 in the Delle Alpi stadium to celebrate promotion." Further down we see an item of news which will please the Bianconeri fans: "Juve want Thuram too. Juventus compete with Inter, Lazio and Milan for the Frenchman."

On the inside pages of the Turin daily a lot of space is given to news of Del Piero and confirmation that he'll continue wearing the black and white shirt: "Del Piero: decision time. The meeting is set for Tuesday. The star will arrive back from the Caribbean and, together with his lawyer, will meet the Piazza Crimea management straight away."

Torino, who from today are officially in serie A, are doing deals too. The major news regards the attack: "After the interest in Solskjaer - Man Utd no longer seem to want to let him go - the Torino managers are turning their attention towards another attacker from the European Championship winning team, Teddy Sheringham. Manchester United will ask between 5,000M and 6,000M lira (1.7M and 2M pounds) for him - a reasonable figure. In all probability Torino will also finalise the Taglialatela deal within the week, a player who is now destined to leave Napoli."
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