Benevento gritted their teeth and refused, wanting to try again in Serie A.
However, Atlanta was determined to get this player and raised the offer to ten million euros.
Benevento could only nod.
Thus, Atlanta formed the front-line trident combination of Inzitens, Savio, and Vedian, with a French international Kuba in the backfield, looking even stronger than Lazio!
In contrast, Naples, also in the second tier of Serie A, was somewhat passive in this window.
The structure of their team hadn’t changed much. The front line was led by Aguirre, bought from Rome last season, who suffices but isn’t at the level of top stars, yet can occasionally bring some surprises to Naples.
In midfield, the Italian international Pellegrini, despite some fluctuations in form this season, remains very strong.
Their right-back Ignacio Florenzi is also a flying wing, who, along with Aguirre, can make the offense flourish.
They did consider strengthening their midfield, aiming to buy Pellegrini’s national teammate "Kan God" Candreva!
Candreva, previously wanting to make space for Morici, became a legend in a match by pretending to fall!
By leaving the pitch like that, he helped Italy qualify for the European Cup, creating a minor legend.
However, Candreva was loyal, staying put in Udinese without budging.
Moreover, Udinese was in contact with San Remo, wanting to acquire Matias.
Udinese had clearly worked on Matias, and since last season, Matias had received San Remo’s permission to choose his club freely this season.
Therefore, Udinese quickly completed this transaction.
San Remo released Italian Cup Best XI right-back Matias for eight million euros.
After the news broke, San Remo fans collectively sent off Matias, which deeply moved him.
He didn’t know if this legendary journey was at its end, but he had no choice but to leave now, as he could no longer contribute what San Remo needed.
He also needed to start finding new meaning at Udinese.
On San Remo’s official website, they specifically posted a compilation of Matias’ goals and assists, allowing fans who only started following San Remo this season to get to know this excellent player from the Italian Third Division and Serie B!
In the first group of Serie A, Rome didn’t make many moves; they simply couldn’t.
The team was full of veterans, second only to Juventus.
Veterans are difficult to manage.
To satisfy everyone, the club has to suffer a loss.
If the club doesn’t want to suffer a loss, the fans and players will be dissatisfied, possibly leading to an internal collapse.
Rome lags behind Juventus in terms of success.
If only Rome could win a league championship, achieve great success, and move on from the Wolf King Perrotta after appeasing the fans’ obsession! Or they could offload aging players like Drake and Ameluci.
It’s not that they aren’t capable; they can still easily play key roles, but they’re too old. What about next year, even if they can play this year?
Moreover, their salaries aren’t low; even if not four to five million, three million is necessary, right?
And what about young players?
With three million, they could play for three to four years!
Unfortunately, Rome has always fallen one step short of the championship, leaving this regret unresolved, and those veteran players remain.
Even though Perrotta remains excellent, no club is willing to pay a high price for a player in his early thirties, and selling him cheaply isn’t as good as using him themselves.
A player like Perrotta demands at least twenty-five million to justify their worth unless they leave on a free transfer.
However, Premier League giants would rather spend twenty-five million on a gamble than buy a veteran who might only be usable for one or two years.
The cost is too high.
So, Rome can only hold on, and if they can’t win a championship next season, they might be forced to rebuild.
And the way to rebuild is... crumble and collapse!
But for now, Rome remains very strong in terms of ability!
Over at AC Milan, after carefully selecting, they finally made a move, acquiring Italian international Samuele Scamacca for eleven million from Chelsea.
Scamacca was a right-back at Atletico Madrid two years ago but was poached by Chelsea for a high price.
Unfortunately, Scamacca didn’t live up to expectations at Chelsea, being labeled a disappointment. Now being offloaded for eleven million is somewhat sad.
However, AC Milan is confident in Scamacca’s ability, believing he just wasn’t suited for the Premier League.
Scamacca’s experience highlights the awkwardness of tycoon clubs’ performances faltering.
Not only do they have to overpay for players, but they also have to sell them at half price!
Without sustained investment, it’s really hard to manage.
But AC Milan’s investment this season ends here.
As a Champions League winner, they bought a key player but only spent a sixth of the price to strengthen the squad, which would typically anger the fans.
But AC Milan managed to get through this crisis without fan outrage.
Because they recalled loaned player Sogel from San Remo!
Sogel returned to San Siro!
AC Milan held a special presentation for him!
Though the San Siro Stadium wasn’t completely full, more than forty thousand fans showed up to witness the event!
San Siro’s son, Sogel, returned home, taking over AC Milan’s offensive banner from Izalelt!
His future is worth countless imaginations.