Silly Season Becomes Sense & Sensibility

Since the turn of the year crazy transfers & Juventus have gone hand in hand like, well, Juve and losses. Every day a new name was linked with a summer move to the club, each more incredulous than the last; Robin Van Persie, Franck Ribery, Rafael Benitez, Imelda Marcos.

Marcos: Boot deal already in place?

Ok, I made the last one up, but give Tuttosport time! On Monday Juventus official unveiled Andrea Agnelli as the new Club President, and agreed the appointment of Beppe Marotta as Director General. These appointments were greeted with great joy in Turin as both are widely respected men expected to return honour & glory to a Juve short on both this season.

Since then an impressive, if wholly unexpected, impact has already occurred. The crazy rumours have been replaced by an infinitely more sensible set of suggestions. Quality, useful - and not to mention attainable - targets have been linked; Juan Manuel Vargas, Van der Weil, Simone Pepe, Domenico Criscito & Mattia Cassani.

If this is the sign of things to come, then long may those two men run our club!