Wednesday 29 March, 2006
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Atletico Madrid are ready to make Roma a substantial offer for the services of Amantino Mancini, according to reports in Spain.
The ‘As’ newspaper maintains that the Madrid outfit are desperate for the midfielder and are set to dig deep into their pockets.
It’s understood that the Liga club are prepared to pay somewhere in the region of £8.5m for the Brazilian.
Roma, boosted by a television deal cash injection, have recently insisted that they have no plans to sell their best players.
Mancini, along with Cristian Chivu and Francesco Totti, is undoubtedly just that and his future seems to be in the Italian capital.
If the Olimpico outfit did make the former Venezia flop available for transfer then it is likely that a number of Italian clubs would express an interest.
Juventus are known to have made an offer last summer, while Inter have also been associated with him in the past.
Mancini is enjoying a wonderful campaign with the Giallorossi under boss Luciano Spalletti after last season’s inconsistent performances. |