City closing in on Chiellini

July 29, 2007

SVEN-Goran Eriksson looks set to continue his squad rebuilding, after Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri revealed he will let defender Giorgio Chiellini move to Eastlands if he wants to.

Juventus are due to play pre-season friendlies in England and Germany, but Ranieri reports 22-year-old Chiellini may not return to Italy.

"Will he come back to Turin with us? It will depend on him, Manchester City and Juventus," Ranieri told a television company.

"He is an important player, but if he does want to leave then we surely won't keep him against his will."

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Brother G, My Blue Heaven (29/07/2007 at 15:14)

Offer matt mills in a straight swap - seriously, thanks for absolutely nothing Wigley!

CTID Block 219 (29/07/2007 at 15:25)

Quality, Quality, Quality... Get him signed up ASAP

Get Castillo snapped up to!!!

Pasta and Swedes (29/07/2007 at 16:21)

great left back, would free up Michael Ball who I think would do a good job on the left of midfield and left back when needed. As for a striker, Castillo or Crouch for me. I think we could do with a couple of premiership proven players as none of the sgnings, or anybody being talked about has been there.

Sven will get the right people in. I think the Valencia game could well see the line up that might run out at Upton Park the week after..and that will give us our frst clue as to what we can expect this season.

Magic Mike, Middleton (29/07/2007 at 18:00)

I'm sad to see Chiellini go I don't know who to blame Chiellini or Ranieri but i wont go into that. He's a good player very powerful runner down the wing although he lacks pace once he runs he's very hard to stop he does alot of running without the ball too up the wing too. hard to knock off the ball because of his strength. He takes part in alot of attacks too so I'd call him a an attacking full back. Big physical presence and very tall he's a bit leggy so he lucks clumsy at times to some people. Italian Under 21 captain in the last Euro Championships and he did alright there too he's quite a character at times on the pitch and thats one of the reasons I like him because of his height he's also very good in the air and wins a hell of alot of headers I'd say thats one of his strongest points, very handy lad on set pieces.

Comments from my friend who is a juventus supporter.

bluefield, chesterfield (29/07/2007 at 18:18)

Go get him Sven, then get us some creativity in that poor midfield. We're still not much better off than last season at present.

Chapman (29/07/2007 at 18:53)

I like the thought of Giorgio Chiellini coming to Manchester City.He is young and it's patently obvious now that Sven is building for the future whilst improving the present position.I can't remember being so keen for the season to start.Just to think we came out of the last home game of the season so annoyed and deflated about what had gone on.I hope as many people as possible renew or purcahse tickets for the first time.We are taking a friend to the Valencia game who lives overseas and has never been to a match so let's hope it's a great atmosphere.There's a party afterwards as well.What more could you want?

Happyblue, Failsworth (29/07/2007 at 19:10)

Can Chiellini play left centre back ?

eric the blue manchester, manchester (29/07/2007 at 19:11)

hurry up and sign before we go and get gardner from spurs please no

Reidus, Sheffield (29/07/2007 at 20:17)

looks good! dont agree that Ball could do a job as a left midfielder though.

bluefield, chesterfield (29/07/2007 at 20:23)

Castillos gone to Shakhtar. Bad news, lets move on to the next.

The Pope, Rome (29/07/2007 at 20:26)

I read today that Juve want £12m!!
That seems a bit steep.
Maybe that for him and the other guy they were after from Juve?

blue loon, stretford manchester (29/07/2007 at 20:58)

can any1 tell me if there is a waiting list for a city season ticket plz
anyway would love 2 see city go for hunttlar from ajax scored 37 goals last season as for Chiellini would love 2 c him in a blues shirt as for castillo i am not 2 shore he has scored few goals in his career but the ones he has scored are very good sven plz sign up hunntlar,elano, Chiellini,swp

team vs west ham

hunttlar,bianchi

castillo

petrov fernandes dyer swp

Chiellini dunne richards onuaha

isakkson

Prestwich Blue (29/07/2007 at 22:00)

Get him now, please!! Incidentally, don't know if everyone knew but there is a prog on Thaksin S. on Radio 5 Live at 7pm on Tues. Should be interesting.

blueloon, Northwich (29/07/2007 at 23:25)

looks like castillios gone to shaktar donestk then, whos next ?

Holme Valley Knowledge. (30/07/2007 at 01:33)

Sky Sports are reporting that Castillo has agreed to a move to Donetsk

Holme Valley Knowledge. (30/07/2007 at 01:45)

A couple of the early editions of the papers (including The Times) are saying that Elano will sign today from Donetsk. That will make up for the disappointment of missing out on Castillo (if that is true)

why us, uk (30/07/2007 at 03:43)

I just cant believe WE are targeting players of this quality, given what weve bin signing for the last 3 years! sven is just a magnet to young quality players, cant wait for the valencia game and then the season!

CTID Block 219 (30/07/2007 at 05:47)

According to skysports Castillo has agreed to sign for Shaktar Donesk for £10.1m... Looks like we've missed out on this guy???

Frederico Phinglephaffer (30/07/2007 at 06:59)

According to newsnow Shaktar Donesk have nipped in and captured Castilo who will sign for them today for just over £10m

BlueMorg, North West (30/07/2007 at 07:52)

Fitzroy was right about Castillo off to Shaktar as well! Just spotted it on the SSN site.

Fitzroy, what's the latest City transfer gossip please :O)

Steve (30/07/2007 at 08:16)

Pasta and Swedes; Yeah, that's a great idea, lets forget about Petrov as the left winger and use Ball instead! Crazy...............

What we need is a left footed centre half to partner Dunne as Distin did. If he can cover for Ball at left back then great, but we do not need a first choice left back, Ball is a good player and has done very well in a short space of time with us.

If Chiellini is that player then great, he is well respected and looks like he would fit in to the Prem right away.

Rix-76, Wherever (30/07/2007 at 08:17)

Chiellini is a great player, already experienced and fysically strong for his age. Can play l-b and c-b. I would also add Drago from Sevilla to the squad. Baines in only if Chiellini-transfer fails.
Looks like we will miss out on Castillo who prefers life in the Ukraine. It will keep Sven busy looking at others.

Blue Arab (30/07/2007 at 08:22)

Castello has signed for a Ukrinian team

OB1, Transmancunia (30/07/2007 at 08:48)

Looks like Fitzroy was right about Castillo. So it will be interesting to see if he can enlighten us on other transfer matters.

Blackburn Blue (30/07/2007 at 09:38)

Getting a bit worried that time is running out and we need a minimum of four quality players to give us a half decent squad.
Come on Sven, splash the rest of that 50M so we can face the rags with some degree of confidence!!!
Blackburn Blue

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