Cyriel Dessers remains the “favourite” Cagliari option to replace Gianluca Lapadula.
The Peruvian international is close to completing a loan move to Spezia. His contract with Il Rossoblu will expire this summer, but the club are keen to get him off the wage bill and create room in their budget to bring someone in before Monday’s deadline. They have been tracking Dessers for a while and a move looked like it could be a possibility earlier in the window.
However, RAI News now reports that it now looks like a difficult one to do financial for the Serie A side, especially since Dessers has rediscovered his from and forced his way back into Philippe Clement’s Rangers XI. Meanwhile, reports in Turkey claim that Ridvan Yilmaz could yet return to Besiktas. Sabah claim that talks are ongoing between the two clubs over a £4.1million switch – this despite Clement insisting last weekend that Yilmaz wouldn’t be leaving.
And Rangers’ reported interest in Nicolo Bertola may face a significant obstacle in the shape of one of Italy’s giants. Inter are now claimed to be interested in the Cesena defender, with Juventus also said to be keeping tabs on him.
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