Knezevic: «I'm joining the biggest team

As of today, Juventus' 2008/09 defence can be considered complete. After signing Mellberg, and De Ceglie's return, now it's Dario Knezevic's turn joining the side. Born in 1982, in Rijeka, Croatia, he played for Livorno last season and is here on loan, with an option for Juve to buy out half of his ownership. He'll be joining Ranieri and the others from mid-July, after the holidays needed to recuperate after Euro 2008 and most of all to recover from the injury he picked up against Poland, which forced him to finish his involvement in the tournament early.«I'm joining the biggest team of them

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Sebastian Giovinco back at Juventus

A busy end of June at Juventus in transfer market terms: another three deals were completed today, all concerning young talents raised in the Club's youth sector - Giovinco, Lanzafame and Mirante.The most important item of news, the one all the Bianconeri fans wanted to hear, is that Sebastian Giovinco is again 100% a Juventus player. Indeed the Club exercised the option they had to buy back the whole ownership of the player, and Empoli were therefore unable to exercise their rights to buy the young talent in full. Thus Giovinco will be at Manager Ranieri's disposal for the 2008/09 season.Juv

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Zebina Close To Galatasaray Switch

Juventus defender Jonathan Zebina is on the verge of completing his switch to Galatasaray according to the latest reports in Italy.The Frenchman hardly featured for the Bianconeri last term after falling out of Claudio Ranieri's favour following a touchline incident which sparked a major row.Zebina was sent off against Cagliari last term and he took his frustrations out on a member of a TV crew on the touchline. Ever since then he has gone down hill and now he is set to leave the Old Lady.The Turkish club would rather take him out on loan but according to Calciomercato, the Bianconeri will on

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Juventus To Launch Quaresma Blitz

Juventus have joined the speeding bandwagon of clubs involved in the helter-skelter race to try and land Porto star Ricardo Quaresma according to A Bola.Inter and Chelsea have been closely linked to the midfielder and reports in Italy claim that Jose Mourinho and his troop of transfer generals are holding down battle style talks with the Dragoes with a view to bringing Quaresma to San Siro.However, the Portuguese paper claims that Juve are in the process of launching a suprise ambush for the player. Juve will offer under-fire midfielder Tiago as well as a major cash lump sum in order to try a

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Palladino To Sign For Genoa Today

Juventus forward Raffaele Palladino is expected to complete his co-ownership move to Genoa by the end of today.Palladino, who is widely regarded as one of Serie A’s best young players, has been tipped to leave Juve for quite some time following a difficult season where he started just 14 Serie A games, and was often played out of position on the wing.A host of clubs have been after the 24-year-old’s signature, but last week it seemed as if Genoa had won the race after their president, Enrico Preziosi, announced the deal to the press.However Palladino then rejected the transfer at the last min

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Stankovic Wants Juve

According to Italian sports daily 'La Gazzetta dello Sport', Dejan Stankovic is determined to join Juventus from Inter this summer as he is reportedly not in José Mourinho's plans for next season at Inter.A huge difference separates the Bianconeri's offer from the Nerazzurri's request as the Old Lady are ready to spend 8 million euros for Stankovic, whereas Inter are demanding 15 million.Such a difference in price is due to Stankovic coming from a season full of injuries and also the fact that he will be turning 30 years old in September. However, the player has apparently already reached an

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Juventus Have Signed Palladino – Genoa

Palladino is one of Italy’s most talented young players, however he has found himself surplus to requirements in Turin following a frustrating 2007/08 season where he made just 14 Serie A starts, and often either sat on the bench, or was played in an unfavoured wide midfield position.Yesterday the Corriere della Sera claimed that Genoa were in advanced negotiations for Palladino, and were close to agreeing a co-ownership deal worth around €5.5m.Preziosi has now confirmed that the 24-year-old will be joining the Rossoblu, although it is not certain at this stage whether it will be a permanent

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Juventus sign Paolo De Ceglie

The new 2008/09 Juventus side is taking shape. Next season, Claudio Ranieri will be able to count on Paolo De Ceglie too. The young player from Val d'Aosta, who turns 22 in September and spent years at Juventus' youth sector, returns to the team that moulded him and launched him at the top level.Therefore, Juventus get one of their most promising youngsters back, after settling in their favour the joint-ownership deal with Siena; this year Paolo played his first (excellent) season in Serie A there, collecting 29 appearances and two goals.Meanwhile, it has been decided that Andrea Rossi will s

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