Lunch Break: Carnevali's Juve get going, Milan stuck in neutral
Lunch is served: it's a full day of the Carnevali era at the Continassa, with Gazzetta already imagining a Juve 'the Italian way', Chiesa-bis and Ndour in the notebook. On the other side Milan are still without a coach or directors — Rangnick says no — while Chiesa, Frattesi and Lobotka dominate the talk from north to south.
Today Juventus bring the Carnevali era into focus. The new CEO has arrived from Sassuolo (filed as done on the board) and this morning Gazzetta dello Sport already sketches the project: a 'Juve the Italian way', with the first names answering to a Chiesa encore and Cher Ndour, and a strategy built on 'a hundred million in capital gains and signings at the right price'. The board adds up: Douglas Luiz is back from Aston Villa, Joao Mario arrives from Fiorentina, and the two heavyweights remain on the home straight — Dibu Martinez from Aston Villa and Sorloth from Atlético Madrid. The day's mystery is Vlahovic: the board has him leaving for Barcelona, but Gazzetta reopens the case with five questions on the deal and even bookmakers who still picture him in black and white.
In Milan, by contrast, lunch is bitter. For Gazzetta 'Milan are behind' and remain without a coach or directors: in the hunt for a sporting director Rangnick has said no, the Planes lead holds and the young German Ozek emerges, while the paper needles — 'Juve grab Carnevali, and what is Milan doing?'. On the bench the board confirms Crystal Palace's Glasner in pole, with Amorim (leaving Genoa) and Pochettino as alternatives. Something is actually moving, though: Cutrone has flown to Wolverhampton and Musah to Atalanta, both deals done, while Pulisic stays in Roma's sights.
Contested-men chapter. Federico Chiesa, on his way out of Liverpool, is the summer's wild card: Gazzetta relaunches him as an 'encore' at Juve, but Napoli and Como are still logged on the board too. Davide Frattesi keeps dividing opinion: Inter are letting him go and Roma and Nottingham Forest are on him. The Lobotka-Juventus saga, instead, deflates: per Gazzetta, Allegri has convinced the midfielder to stay at Napoli 'even beyond 2028'.
A quick lap before coffee. Napoli busy: the arrivals of Hojlund and of Lucca from Nottingham Forest are done. Atalanta bank Musah from Milan and Sbravati from Juventus. Inter, besides logging the heavy exits of Bastoni to Barcelona and Dumfries to Real Madrid on the board, keep work open for Atta and Solet from Udinese, Provedel from Lazio and Curtis Jones from Liverpool. Fiorentina, Gazzetta reports in its live blog, have trained their sights on Dragusin and on that Ruggeri (Riccardo, from Atlético) already noted on the board, with Gudmundsson on the way out. And watch Lazio, 'at risk of a zero balance': the club is racing against time to avoid it.
Abroad, Real Madrid lead the way, filing Dumfries's arrival from Inter and keeping targets Calafiori (from Arsenal) and Julián Álvarez (from Atlético) loaded, with whispers of Bernardo Silva and Rodri incoming from Manchester City. Barcelona, for their part, enjoy Bastoni's arrival from Inter and stay at the window for Vlahovic, while in the Premier League Newcastle weigh Tonali's farewell, courted by Manchester United. Buon appetito.
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