Candreva attracts interest from the top teams

Livorno mid­fielder Anto­nio Can­dreva made his debut for Italy at the week­end in a 0–0 friendly with the Nether­lands with the ver­sa­tile mid­fielder attract­ing a lot of inter­est from the likes of Inter Milan and Juventus .

Candreva’s club form has not gone unno­ticed with teams said to be cir­cling for the play­ers sig­na­ture. the 22 year old has so far refused to sign a new con­tract with his par­ent clubs, both Udi­nese and Livorno have a share in the player, which could pave the way for one of the big teams to make a move of the player.

Both Juven­tus and Inter Milan are in need of a cre­ative injec­tion in their mid­field with Inter Milan in par­tic­u­lar need­ing some young play­ers to pull on the Inter Milan shirt with their squad becom­ing increas­ingly ageing.

Juven­tus have also not quite found the right bal­ance in the cen­tre of mid­field with new sign­ing Felipe Melo being too sim­i­lar to Momo Sis­soko with very lit­tle cre­ativ­ity betwee nthe two of them.

If either of these teams, or indeed any other inter­ested par­ties, are to make a move for the player it is most likely to hap­pen in the sum­mer when they will be able to get the player for cheaper than if they make their move in Jan­u­ary. How­ever with both teams at times lack­ing some cre­ativ­ity they could be forced to move early for the player.

Writ­ten by Mark Fer­gu­son, a sports writer who blogs about cheap foot­ball shirts