Comments on: The Juventus Revolution: Why the Bianconeri will take Europe by storm in 09/10

By: Orbital_89

Orbital_89 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:42:46 +0000

See, what happen now Juventus are under Ciro Ferrara as the new manager, and the rumours so far are Juventus will sign F.Melo & Andre Santos. But, I hope they will sign also Santacroce, Eboue(free agent), and G.Rossi (if Trezeguet leaves) and also take back Mario Kirev (on load to Grasshopper). Don’t forget, so far Juventus already sold Mellberg (to Panathinaikos) and Marchionni (to Fiorentina), and need to off-load Poulsen, Almiron, Knezevic, Chimenti, Grygera, and Molinaro immidiately.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:59:03 +0000

It’s a shame that when Ronaldo says he’s at United next season or when Kaka says that he wont leave Milan, no one takes notice. But the moment someone else makes up a story, everyone jumps on it.

By: Victor Li

Victor Li — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:08:25 +0000

GT, I hate to do this, since I agree that your article is well written. However, there is a difference between news and rumors. I read the articles in question from The Spoiler that you cite as your sources for claiming that “Kaka will be unveiled for Real Madrid next Thursday in a sensational move. Cristiano Ronaldo announced that the UCL final in Rome would be his last match for Man U, before going to Real Madrid.” You are completely misquoting and misusing these sources and passing off unsubstantiated rumors as verified news stories.

The Kaka story on the The Spoiler merely states that the “Spanish football radio show El Larguero (”The Crossbar”) have claimed that Kaka will be unveiled at the Bernebeu next Thursday, with Los Blancos paying AC Milan €65m for the privilege.” You overstate the veracity of this rumor by saying that it’s a done deal when it isn’t. Sure, it could turn out that a deal is already done and Kaka will be unveiled next Thursday, but you need more proof besides a radio show saying it’s going to happen. Especially for something as volatile as the transfer market. Look at it this way, when Man City were after Kaka, there were all kinds of rumors floating around about how the deal was finalized. Look what happened there.

As for Ronaldo, I have no idea how you extrapolated “Ronaldo has announced that the UCL final in Rome would be his last match for Man U…” from any of the available sources. In fact, he specifically declined to comment on his status, saying that he was going to focus on playing for Portugal in the summer. You could say something like “Ronaldo pointedly declined to pledge his allegiance to Manchester United” or “Ronaldo refused to rule out a transfer to Real Madrid in the summertime,” both of which would be accurate. But to say that he came out and announced that he was done with Man Utd when he did nothing of the sort is wildly inaccurate.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:53:36 +0000

“Kaka will be unveiled for Real Madrid next Thursday in a sensational move. Cristiano Ronaldo announced that the UCL final in Rome would be his last match for Man U, before going to Real Madrid,” got any proof of this? Nope. Thought not. You are full of shit in that sense. However I hope that Juve can win the scudetto next season and do better in the champions league.

By: Faiz

Faiz — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:48:04 +0000

@GT, most of the transfer news you pointed to are still rumors. Quagliarella is still with Udinese. Ronaldo and Kaka still haven’t signed anything, and are still avoiding answering those questions. Quaresma is being followed by Genoa, but still hasn’t signed. Tasci’s agent has denied any link to Juventus. Ancelotti’s transfer to Chelsea is still in the works, and the current number 1 contender for the AC Milan hotseat is Brazil’s Leonardo (if Ancelotti leaves). Thuram retired due to a heart condition, and so it’s practically impossible for him to come back to football. Finally, Conte still hasn’t signed anything with Juve. As it stands right now, The Juve manager position will be open starting with the end of the current season.

I see that you would like to be a reporter. It’s important that you separate your facts from your rumors. And keep in mind that half of the transfer news is just speculation.

By: EdManet

EdManet — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:40:46 +0000

I would still argue that your sources are not completely water tight. You pick up any newspaper, read any internet blog you will get very little in the form of fact. Christiano Ronaldo has infact been quoted as saying:
“My future now is the national squad, so that we can win, so that we can be in a good position in our qualifying group. About clubs, I do not want to talk about that, I want to rest, go on holiday, I am very tired”.
Kaka, has said all along that his next preferred move would be to England with either Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea IF Ancelotti is confirmed as manager. And given that Kaka has just been announced as the new AC Milan club captain, it appears even less likely!!
I will also question the rumours of Van Basten taking over AC Milan given his failures at Ajax this season I cannot see him being trusted with making AC Milan Serie A & European contenders.
I think it will be a couple of years until Italian clubs are serious contenders in Europe given that most of Italy’s top clubs’ squads are made up of aging players. I would be so bold as to suggest that next years European competitions will be dominated by English and Spanish clubs once again.
In terms of transfers, I forsee the blockbuster of the summer involving Ribery, but until I see any news on a RELIABLE news source (BBC, Sky, Yahoo, Reuters) I will be inclined to

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:52:51 +0000

I would love to know your sources about Kaka and Ronaldo. This is just temporarily more transfer sensationalism.

By: Abdul Azim

Abdul Azim — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:23:48 +0000

Forza Juve!

By: GT

GT — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:17:38 +0000

@Justin, thanks for the praise, I appreciate it. I know that it will be very, very hard, but I have faith in my team.

@EdManet, I found most of my info on http://www.calciomercato.com, who themselves gather information from several sources; newspapers, blogs, tabloids, and teams. The one about Kaka was also on Spoiler.net, I have read about the Cristiano Ronaldo news in several blogs and newspapers. And no, I do not plan on a career in tabloid journalism. I will be starting high school next year, and I actually plan to become a journalist, regardless of which topic.

By: EdManet

EdManet — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:11:36 +0000

I am intrigued to find out your sources of Ronaldo saying the game in Rome will be his last! And the Kaka story??

Are your aiming for a career as a tabloid journalism per chance?? I would think so on the evidence of taking pure speculation and rumour as fact!