Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Ranieri Not Looking For Reinforcements


Claudio Ranieri has cooled speculation linking Juventus with big signings ahead of the transfer window reopening in January.

The resurgent Italian giants have been linked with a host of players over recent weeks including Gilberto Silva, Olof Mellberg, Diego Lugano and Branislav Ivanovic, while there have also been persistent rumours about under-utilised summer signings Tiago and Almiron have been put in the shop window.

Not so, insists Bianconeri boss Clauido Ranieri, who has seen his side make a very positive return to the big time after a year stuck in Serie B as a consequence of the Calciopoli scandal.

"We won't make any signings in the January market because we have a group of players who are growing," Ranieri said to Sky Italia. "I believe a lot in Tiago and Almiron - they have big possibilities.

"When I say we have a big group, it's also because I have faith in these players."

Italian football daily Tutosport has other ideas, however, and just yesterday they ran a story about Juve having their mind set on either luring Werder Bremen star Diego or Hamburg's Rafael van der Vaart to Turin in time for the second-half of the season.

www.goal.com - 04/12/2007 04:13

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