Transfers and Rumours Thread

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Bremen deny Diego reports
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 07,00.html – Last updated: 13th January 2009

Werder Bremen have dismissed speculation linking Diego with a switch to Juventus. The Brazilian playmaker is contracted to Bremen until 2011 but reports have suggested that his relationship with the club has become strained. Juventus are looking to strengthen their squad this month and Claudio Ranieri is understood to have identified Diego as a long-term replacement for 36-year-old Pavel Nedved.

"Diego is a player that I like," Ranieri said over the weekend. It has been reported that Juve have set up an appointment with Bremen for next week to discuss a possible transfer.

But Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs says there have been no talks, declaring: "It is not so.

"There are no negotiations and there are no negotiations planned. We will simply have to deal with rumours like that in the coming months, anyway we are not prepared to transfer Diego."

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We have pretty good fullbacks for Serie A. IF diego were to come, he'd be ineligible for CL.

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All the Diego talk is for him joining in the summer, so CL eligibility is not an issue.

My point about the fullbacks in a 4-3-1-2 system is that they have to provide the attacking width and they don't get much defensive protection from the midfield.

They almost have to dominate an entire flank by themselves, and there are very few fullbacks in world football capable of doing that.

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