LIVE: Latest transfers, biggest summer moves & Italians to watch in 2026-27
The Football Italia LIVE Show is back with a brand-new episode, covering the latest Serie A transfer news, the league’s biggest-money deals, and the Italian players to watch in the new season.
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Welcome back to the Football Italia live show. I'm back. Holiday is over and so we got to start talking a little bit about Syria, about the latest transfers because finally we got uh a few transfers, a few things are moving now in Syria. And I'm joined today I'm Lorentori joined today by Peter Young, writer of Football Italia and Matson Santangelo of this Milan podcast and many more things related to Italian football. Thank you both for joining me today guys. Pleasure. >> Pleasure. [laughter] >> So good to see a uh Milan thing behind you, Mark, because one of the biggest news of the day is Diego Morera arriving in Milan to undergo his medical test with Milan. Sign uh his contract with Milan. It becomes the third summer signing for the sonary. A big one because it's 50 million. I followed Fabit Romano earlier this morning saying that the fee can go with bonuses even up to 60 65 million. 50 million is the starting fee and it can go up to 6065. There's a huge sudden close on um for Strasburg which is uh the club uh that is sending Morera to Milan. What's your take on on this signing? Are you excited? What do you think Milan fan Milan should expect from this guy? >> I'm very excited. I think you know um let me just start by saying I don't claim to be an expert on Diego Morera. I I have heard his name get floated around with Milan and linked to other clubs around Europe, you know, for quite a while now. And obviously when you see the quoted figure and you think, all right, Milan, there's no chance. You know, Serio clubs, they're not going to touch this guy. They just don't have the capacity to do so. And then I saw the news come out yesterday from uh multiple sources and it was very interesting because we've seen Milan this summer show that intent that they're willing to raise the bar in in the form of higher transfer fees. Right? We saw with Ramos out of nowhere that the fee kept climbing and everyone was like 50. Okay, that's a lot. 60 70 and then now then you saw Mario Kila come in um you know shortly after and then you see 50 and you're thinking okay the Jerry Cardinal the president of Milan Ruben Amarim they seem like they're they're turning a new leaf here because they don't spend these types of these types of figures on players if they're not truly bought in to the coach and the project going forward and when I look at Diego as a player I actually see a bit of a gadget player for Ruben Amarim to utilize u you know This is a this is a system that's going to utilize um you know two attacking midfielders, two wingers, however you want to categorize them, but a lot of emphasis on wing backs and this is a guy that can play on both sides of the pitch which I think has tremendous appeal for someone like Amarim who, you know, can kind of mix him around throughout a given 90minute match, right? You can do overloads on the right or on the left based on, you know, the opposition. He's technical. He's strong. This isn't more of that that Andrea Ky type wing back that Milan bought years ago for for a pretty substantial fee. This is a player that feels premium from a Milan's point of view. And I look at the fee and I and I understand the the the initial knee-jerk reaction like, whoa, this is a lot of money. But I think if you're a Milan fan, you've seen this team cut corners so much over the years and nickel and dime on players that they truly needed in the moment and they were cheap. I I can't, you know, moan and complain from a Milan's fans point of view and, you know, from if I'm speaking purely on their in their position for a feat like this for a player that did turn out turn down reportedly clubs in Spain, England, and um, of course, Germany and Italy. Peter, we're talking about Club Milan that has invested I think around 150 million. then is going to be more with add-ons because we're talking about 70 million for Gonzalo Ramos, about the 30 million for uh Mario Hila. Um it's kind of surprising if you if you think about the Milan situation just a few months ago when they were reluctant to buy and to spend a lot of money on some um on some targets for Masiman and the previous management. Where do you see Milan at this point? I mean, big investments. They've signed players in areas that they need. Um, do you think they need even more? I'm not talking about the title because the title is going to be pretty tough for everyone, I think. But at least for a spot in the top four. >> Well, with the way they're spending the money, it seems like top four has to be the minimum objective for this season if you're a Milan fans. Um, as you said, it's going to be an interesting one for the title. I've already got my own sort of predictions which I'll keep to myself for now for um how the how the table might look in nine months time. Um, whether Milan might be at the top of it, we don't know. Um, so I was reading an article from Fabio Capello a couple of days ago who described it as a work in progress uh bit of a construction site and I think that's a pretty accurate description of the of the state of affairs at Milan at the moment. Um, I think there's a lot of focus that needs to be done on the players that need to be moved on uh before we start looking at bringing in any more players. Um, it's interesting what Matt was saying about it being a sort of turning of a belief for Milan. Um, it's certainly a new era with this mass clear out that we had a couple of months ago with the manager, sporting director, technical director, CEO all leaving. Um, as you said, Lorenzo, it was there was a bit of a reluctance to back previous managers or bring in the exact targets that certain certain managers wanted. Um, and this feels like a completely different approach this summer. Uh, it's a Milan club that is uh not afraid to spend the money. We're seeing a completely different approach to what we've seen in previous years. We're seeing a completely different approach to how other clubs in Syria are operating at the moment. Um like Susie and I were having a conversation a couple of days ago um about how you take Roma as an example. we've missed out on so many different targets this summer by playing that sort of low ball game of okay we'll go for a loan offer 20 million 22 million 25 million 30 million and then walking away from a deal whereas Milan seems to put the money on the table at the moment and say here's your 50 million here's your 80 million um and get the deal over the line and it does seem to be working for them whether whether the results come on the pitch uh is yet to be seen um but yeah no certainly an interesting summer and uh yeah I'm excited to see see where it goes You know the like a strange thing about Milan. This is something that has been going on from the very beginning of the summer transfer window even from the beginning of June. So end of the season they suck everybody. They suck the directors. They suck the coach and then it takes three months, three weeks to get a new director, get a new coach and all of a sudden they get Ruben Amore. Then uh from one day to another they got a deal done for Gonzalo Ramos. for Jila it was kind of different because Gila has been like a potential deal for Jila was was in the air for for a few months even because he was a target of of the but then again after those two signings July entirely quiet like people complaining on social media we're doing nothing we just got to signings and then do nothing and yesterday out of nowhere again without previous reports without previous rumors bang deal done 24 hours later less 24 hours later, you got the player in Milan. You saw the video before of the player arriving this morning in the NAT airport for the uh for his medical test. So, it's been uh it's really been like that. You don't you don't read many rumors about um about the targets that Milan want, but then all of the sudden they they got the deal done. The only doubt I have about Monera is uh I mean it can be a good thing as well but I think the big challenge this is something I wrote for football Italy as well this morning is h you need to find the balance there because you have a very attacking winger like Morera on the left or Sales on the right. you need to buy probably an attacking midfielder because unless you start Rabio in there or Loftus cheek or or unless Diego Morera plays as an attacking winger which I don't believe an attacking midfielder which I don't think then now the ball is on Amarim's court because he has to you know find a right balance there because we're talking about a very attacking minded uh setup uh for Milan. So this is the only thing that leaves me with a little bit of diets regarding the Milan strategy because uh as things stand I think they still need to buy an attacking midfielder and of course said Rafaelo because regardless of Diego Morera signing it's clear that Liao is is no longer part of the plans. There were reports from yesterday that he's been offered to Roma as well but apparently doesn't want to stay in Syria anymore. Can I just add a couple things too real quick on that? Um, it's it's interesting, right? Because we we talked about the lump thumb they've spent so far on three players, right? The transfer strategy has sort of shifted, right? We've heard for years and we've seen for years Milan go with this seven new players at 20 to 25 million and they're going for like a numbers game, right? Like people were calling it moneyball, right? Players that maybe are castaways at other clubs and bringing them in. You know, we saw it in in the first summer with Fani and the shift after Maldini Pulysick Loft his cheek you rinders all like 20 to 25 and it's amazing to see how Milan have spent 150 million plus on three players and you just mentioned it uh Lorenzo there still feels like a lot of work to be done which just goes to show you that you this is something that takes a lot of time but it is a construction site it is a project that was so far removed moved from being where it needed to be posted and semi-final run of the Champions League. So for all the good that Neon have done with spending the money and getting players that for the most part people are on board with, they still probably need a center a center back, right? And then that's someone that, you know, potentially could come in as well. We we could be talking about a 200 200 plus million summer from Milan, which would be unprecedented for this this ownership and of course this club. We haven't seen that since 2017 with um the Chinese ownership. [laughter] Uh we got to move quickly to other teams as well because we got Juventus who are on the verge of announcing Gulov Vicario as a new signing. I'm checking the mobile to see if there's an official announcement yet, but not yet. Yesterday they announced John Luki. Uh again in Tulin things are starting to uh to shape up a little bit because they got um a new center back. They got a new um goalkeeper. It's six signings if we include Vicari as well. There's a tricky thing that I read this morning on Twitter which I like to mention and and it's it's funny to think about it but I think it doesn't say the whole story about the Juventus transfer strategy because the general feeling among the Juventus fans is that this is a good transfer window. What I read today on Twitter was Juventus needed a strong center forward and a strong goalkeeper and they got them from Tottenham who were almost relegated last season. Now uh it's true because [laughter] they were nearly relegated last season but I think it it's not just purely because of Colani and Vicario's performances. Peter, how how do you see that? How do you see the whole Juventus strategy generally and do you think it's mostly positive or negative? >> Well, you took the words right out of my mouth there that I don't think it's solely on Vicario and for Tottenham finishing 17th in the Premier League last season. Um, but overall I would probably agree that it's been a largely positive transfer window for Juventus. I think as you've sort of hinted at there, they identified a few clear targets. They needed a strong center forward. Um, they know what they're getting with Colani. He's been there and done it. He's averaged a goal every other game in his shorts didn't when he was in Syria. Uh eight from 16 I think it was. So that that should provide a certain level of guarantee. They needed a goalkeeper. That's been a bit of an up and down. I think that's probably one of the slightly more negative sides of the window with um how many targets they've gone through in goal whether it's Allison, Martinez, Suzuki and now to finally land on Vicario. But that was an area where they had identified that they wanted to improve. Um and I think Vicario probably does offer a little bit more solidity than than someone like Gorio who you know it was become clear for quite a few months now that his his time at Juventus is coming to an end. Um Ali Begovich I think is a really really exciting signing. Uh probably one of the most exciting signings that we've seen so far in this summer. Um and Lukumi I think is a really really good value for money signing at um at his age. Primed and ready to play in has done it for the last two years. Uh, I think 20 million euros. I think that's a really really good bit of business. One of the most underrated bits of business that you've ever done, I think, so far. >> Yeah. No, I I I >> Yeah, I think so. Uh, I'm sorry. No, you go. You go. You go. >> Yeah. Yeah. Go on. Go on, M. >> Yeah. No, I I >> No, no, no. I was just about to to ask you. >> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I think some of the signings they've made this summer have been kind of bordering between safe and I think solid. I don't think there's any signings they've made that I'm like I don't really like that one. I mean, I think Chel in defense, they picked him up from Roma on a free transfer. You know, there was I guess a little bit of a transfer saga there between Roma because they wanted to bring him back and Juventus obviously snagged him there. I think he's a pretty sturdy defender and I think Lumi, you know, we've seen him over the years and Ser as well. He's pretty solid. I think he's going to raise the bar from what they they had last year. And then Kani, this is a transfer saga that we've seen for a while now. They wanted him last year, couldn't get a deal done. He goes to Tottenham. Tottenham have a miserable season and they finally get their guy. So, I think across the board, I think if you're a Juventus fan looking at this market, you're saying we've checked off the boxes that we probably needed. Yes, the signings haven't been glamorous across the board. There's no, you know, Elapita sign level signings where you're like, whoa, like 60 70 million meas are making a statement here. But I think they're they're getting back to signings that I think are pretty low risk and the the floor is pretty high. So you're not going to be in the position where some of these presumably based on what I'm seeing are going to be duds is is how I see their market. >> Well, the thing is they already had that summer. Sorry, Lorente. I was going to say with Juventus they've had that summer a couple of years ago when they have gone and spent 50 million on on you know Cook miners or Douglas Louise and it's not work. Um so I think it it needed and we've also had Juventus transfer summers where where they've hardly brought in anyone at all in recent years. So it's almost like a you know a third different strategy for a third different summer. Um, but I think it needed a slight change in approach and I think you're right that we're at sort of solid level signings, a couple of guys who have that area out experience, uh, and who are going to be able to, you know, help you out in those horrible away games on a Friday evening or whatever it might be. Um, and yeah, I think it's I think it's been a pretty solid approach from Juventus so far. I also like Zeal on a free transfer. I think that's a really good pickup. >> Yeah, I mean, I have to say it's the team is still not complete. I'm showing you an article that we got this morning from various sources saying that if you went to sell Jonathan David Jet then Joshua Zigz is the preferred target in attack now at Manchester United ex Bolognia ex Bolognia striker ex Bolognia star fayo Tomorei for example who is no longer in Milan's plan going to be replaced by Mario Kila we who we mentioned before is a potential opportunity for Juventus even though there's still no negotiation between Juventus and Milan. Frankie as well, an ex Milan player um now available as a free agent is a target in central midfield. But I think here Juventus will need to wait a little bit and see whether this player can lower his demands and ultimately return to Syria because he does want um return to Syria after playing with uh with Milan and Atlanta. Peter, one question about Vikario because uh I mean Juventus fans are talking a lot. The goalkeeper issue has been very much alive for Juventus uh from last season. Um I think is an upgrade on the Gregorio. I mean the um Italy collabs speak for themselves in recent years. I think Dregorio was only called up once after winning the best Syria goalkeeper of the year. I might be wrong but probably he he was called up but never never made his debut. Vhario has been Donaruma's backup for for a few years now. Last season it was really tough for him his worst season at Tottenham but how do you explain that? What's the feeling that you have about Vicario at Juventus generally and how would you explain his tough season at Tottenham last year? Well, firstly to go for the positives, I think it's telling that if you ask a lot of Tottenham supporters for their opinions on on Vicario, it would probably be still relatively positive despite the fact that he almost got relegated last season. Um, you know, there's a goalkeeper there who clearly has probably been wanting to move on from Tottenham for most parts of the last season um for various different reasons. Um, but yeah, obviously it's been a very tricky season collectively for Tottenham um last campaign. Um I think there were various issues with personnel, issues off the pitch, issues with the togetherness, um and it was a sort of hangover from the season prior where they finished very low [clears throat] under Andy but sort of made up for it by winning the Europa League. Um so that was a spiral that had been going on for maybe more like >> think we've probably lost our friend Peter. Okay, there you are. There you are. I've lost you for a second there. We got it. [laughter] Uh we've lost um we've lost Peter for a second. He's he's connecting. Uh it will be back shortly. I want to show you um M the list of the most expensive signins in Syria so far. And the first one is somebody we we've mentioned already. um Gonzalo Ramos of the Sim Milan signed by Milan for around 70 million uh which is something we mentioned before. Um now transfer market in here they show the permanent transfers as well. So for example in here we see Rasmusen who is actually a signing made last season same as Lo loa. So currently the top three signings in terms of transfer value in Syria are Gonzalo Ramos, Rand Colani and Santiago Castro. Three strikers, two starters, Gonzalo Ramos and Colani. Castro is a backup at Roma. Would you see him? Roma, as you can see here, will welcome Rodrigo Moa as well today because he's landing in Rome at 6:30 local time as usual medical tests and then sign his contract with with Jalar Rosi. Meanwhile, we got Peter back. Welcome back, Peter. [laughter] Connection issues there happens. >> Apologies. Yeah, I'm back. Should be fine. >> No worries. >> No problems. [laughter] >> No worries. No worries. Uh Jim, I was showing to to to Matt and to our friends following us the uh list of the most expensive signings. Do you want to finish first on on Vicario and then we go we g