Spezia will look to better their 15th place finish from last season by reinforcing the squad with attacking talent, before their transfer ban takes effect.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the first and only player on an expiring contract to re-up with Milan. While finding an understanding appeared easy, his future was not totally sure. Before putting pen-to-paper with the Rossoneri, the Swedish ace inquired about returning to PSG according to French reports.
As most players who enjoyed an experience in Calcio would testify, Serie A remains one of the toughest leagues in European football. Whilst some would fail to adjust, others would pass their adaptation period, and start delivering the goods. So here are eight players who enjoyed decent inaugural Serie A campaigns, but are tipped to do much better in their second season.
Inter have rejected Chelsea’s latest bid for Romelu Lukaku. But it is far from certain that they will be able to resist until the end of the window. The Blues are plotting to raise their offer, which could make the club and the player budge. The Nerazzurri are monitoring a pair of options if they lost their top striker.
The Northeastern Italian club seem to be on a mission to secure the signatures of two highly-rated youth talents, from England and Germany respectively.
Teun Koopmeiners wants to leave and invited his suitors to step up their efforts to acquire him. Atalanta and Roma have been tracking the midfielder earlier in the window. However, they have not been able to come to terms with AZ. The Dutch international publicly voiced his frustration for the lingering uncertainty.
The Milan search for a new attacking midfielder continues, and Josip Ilicic is gaining steam as he is the easiest target to acquire. Gian Piero Gasperini revealed that the player wants to leave and that the club will let him go under the right circumstances. But the Rossoneri continue to work on their other candidates to the job.
The talks have had some up-and-downs but Cristian Romero now seems very close to joining Tottenham. The Spurs have improved their offer to Atalanta. In order to replace him, the Bergamaschi have made opened talks with Juventus for Merih Demiral, but the two clubs are not on the same page on his price tag.
French superstar Kylian Mbappé emerged on the radar of European heavyweights during the 2016/17 season, when he led Monaco to Ligue 1 success and faced Juventus in a Champions League Semi-Final.
Chelsea made another attempt to sign Romelu Lukaku, but it was again unsuccessful. Inter turned down a package that featured a €100M fee and Marcos Alonso. While the Nerazzurri have intention of selling their star striker, they would have to re-think their position if the player asked to leave.