Speaking of Transfers: Iaquinta to Juve is Official
By: Martha | June 19th, 2007
Several days after the striker passed his medical, the long-rumored (And by “long,” I mean “for all of eight days.”) transfer of Vincenzo Iaquinta from Udinese to Juventus was made official this morning. (As far as I can tell this is official-official, not Suazo-to-Inter official, so you can go ahead and pencil Iaquinta into the Juve line-up.)
Just 24 hours after referencing various outstanding details as the reason for the delay in the signing, Juventus announced that the deal had gone through, albeit without the inclusion of the young players (most likely Michele Paolucci and Viktor Boudianski, both of whom were on loan with Ascoli last season) who were expected to join Udine in exchange. In the place of the players, Juve increased the cash value of the deal, reportedly paying just over €11 million for Iaquinta, and have signed the Italian international to a five-year deal.
While this deal will surely help Juve cement their place in Serie A, where does it leave Udine? Though they ended up in the middle of the table, the club was, in reality, just a few points clear of the relegation scrambled, and that was with Iazquinta and his 14 goals. They need to bring in some serious firepower this summer, or they could be doomed next season.
Category: 
Subscribe
|
Print
|
Share
      |
Comments
-
I love Vincenzo (especially from his showcase in “The Miracle of Castel di Sangro”), but I think $11M is a bit expensive, no?
But at least he’s Italian and on the national team; a Juve contingent of just Gigi and Alex is really pathetic and against tradition.
Posted from
United States
-
yes but mike many of our young players are on the U21 Azzurrini team so i mean we are still contributing unlike certain serie A teams *cough* inter *cough*
Posted from
Canada -
oh yes here we come wait till match day 1 inter better have there dipers on.
Posted from
Canada -
hahahaha agreed ants
Posted from
Canada
Comments are closed
Home 
