From the papers

June 25, 1999
Juventus Official Site

The sports papers are again brimming with close-season transfer news. The big news is Nestor Sensini's move from Parma to Lazio. "Sensini joins Lazio. The Argentine defender has moved to the court of Sergio Cragnotti for 10bn lira (around £3.4m)" runs Gazzetta dello Sport's front page headline. Its other front-page headlines are: "Juve go foreign - Oliseh makes it 13 (overseas players in the squad)". After so many seasons when Juventus largely comprised home-grown talent, Italians are now in the minority. Out of these 13 overseas players, as many as eight will be in coach Carlo Ancelotti's starting line-up. The Nigerian international Sunday Oliseh will sign for Juventus on July 2 after rejecting Roma who had signed a contract with Ajax.

Inside Gazzetta there is an interview with Inter's Alvaro Recoba who says: "Before I was just a little boy, now I've grown up and people respect me. Before I used to play to entertain but there weren't many chances to do that. At Venezia I learnt to be more focused. Ronaldo and Vieri are a fearsome duo. With them in harness and some good defenders we're bound to put together a good run of results."

Meanwhile, Corriere dello Sport says Ciro Ferrara's departure from Juventus is imminent: "Ferrara knows he won't start as a first-choice player and wants to leave. Today he's meeting Luciano Moggi who will try to persuade him to stay. Inter are ready to step in and buy him. And Juventus, on the lookout for replacements, are turning their attention to Monaco's Martin Djetou." The paper's other market news is: "Lazio capture Sensini. Trappatoni gets Mijatovic. Chiesa is also heading for Fiorentina." Mijatovic's terms have been agreed - 15bn lira (around £5.2m) to Real Madrid and 3bn lira (around £1m) to the player in a three-year deal - and he may sign tomorrow. Talks with Chiesa are imminent.

Inside Corriere is a piece of news which will please Juventus fans no end. Juventus are kings of Europe over the last five years, according to UEFA's latest news bulletin. UEFA's calculations of 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat in European games, with a bonus point for every time a team qualifies for the Champions League and reaches the quarters, semis and final are totted up and then added to the average points of the national coefficient. Juventus has collected a total of 121,606 points. In this particular table, which is used to determine the seedings in the European cup competitions, Juventus are well ahead of Ajax (91,908 points), Bayern Munich (91,908 points) Parma (87,606 points) and Lazio (87,606 points).

Tuttosport's headline runs "Juve now twice as strong: after the Del Piero contract, Ancelotti has two teams at his disposal. With the Oliseh and Djetou signings about to be announced the midfield and defence are in place." Tuttosport says that Diego Simeone is heading for Lazio along with Sensini, that Bologna and Gianluca Pagliuca have agreed terms, that Udinese's Alessandro Calori is going to Perugia (whose Hidetoshi Nakata remains the centre of much speculation) and that Parma are closing in on Sampdoria's Ariel Ortega.
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