RC Celta de Vigo have started strengthening for next season's UEFA Cup by snapping up Spain midfielder Antonio Guayre from Villarreal CF.
High hopes
Celta say the 26-year-old has agreed a three-year contract and will move on a free transfer after five seasons at El Madrigal. The Galician side, who returned to the top flight for the 2005/06 campaign, are back in European football after finishing sixth in the Primera División. "I've come from Villarreal who have also been playing in Europe and I hope I can get the continuity I didn't get there," Guayre said. "What I want to do is play, and if Celta have shown the interest to sign me then I don't want to let them down."
Barcelona have long been associated with Cristian Chivu and reports say they’re turning up the pressure on Roma.
The Romanian defender is still trying to decide whether his future lies at the Stadio Olimpico or elsewhere and he’s certainly not short on offers.
Newspapers around Europe claim he is a transfer target for Real Madrid, Chelsea, Inter and Milan. Now the report in Spanish media ‘Marca’ suggests Barca have leapt to the front of the queue.
Chivu joined from Ajax in 2003-04 and his current contract does not expire until June 2008, but he is far from certain that he’ll remain in Rome.
The Giallorossi are attempting to secure several squad members this summer, as Philippe Mexes is also tied to the club until 2008 and reportedly has a clause in his contract allowing him to leave with a small penalty fee.
Damiano Tommasi has been playing for a year with the minimum wage after fears his devastating knee injury would end his career, but the midfielder has made a remarkable recovery and is now eager to return to a more fitting contract.
Mido has been released by Tottenham at the end of an 18-month loan spell, but is not a part of Coach Luciano Spalletti’s plans, so he is in negotiations for another Premiership stay at Blackburn Rovers.
Blackburn Rovers have confirmed they are keen on signing Italian defenders Marco Materazzi and Matteo Ferrari on season-long loans.
Both players have Premiership experience with Everton with Ferrari having spent the past season on loan at Goodison Park before returning to Roma.
The players are just a number of those interesting Rovers, who will be in the Uefa Cup next season, but their first priority is to sign a striker after Paul Dickov left the club.
Chairman John Williams told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph:" Marco Materazzi and Matteo Ferrari are two of the names on the list.
"We've had a look at Marco and we know all about him, while Matteo was well regarded before he came to Everton last season.
"But at the moment our main priority remains a striker and that's where we are channelling all our energies."
Inter flop Alvaro Recoba is today being linked with a seemingly unlikely summer switch to Juventus.
The Uruguayan’s future at the San Siro is in doubt after contract talks regarding a renewal – his present deal expires this month – have stalled.
Now the attacking sensation is being paired with a transfer to Turin, but only if Walter Novellino is handed the Old Lady’s hotseat.
The Sampdoria boss is being lined up as a replacement for Fabio Capello who is expected to quit if the club are demoted to Serie B for sporting fraud.
Novellino is arguably the only tactician to get the very best out of an Italian based Recoba while he was Venezia boss in 1998.
The player known as ‘Il Chino’ arrived at the Laguna outfit on loan from Inter where his goals proved enough to keep the club in the top flight.
Juventus are on the look out for new players even if it remains to be seen whether Recoba would accept a possible spell in the Second Division.
What does seem likely is a mass exodus from Turin if the club are not registered in Serie A next term.
The latest rumours claim that Pavel Nedved is ready to join international teammate Jan Koller at Monaco.
Left-back Giorgio Chiellini, an Under-21 international, is apparently eyeing a switch to the Premiership with Arsenal.
The likes of Gianluca Zambrotta, David Trezeguet, Emerson and Zlatan Ibrahimovic would also be on the move with Europe’s top clubs sniffing around them.
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