Cassano

[asroma]

All that talks with Juve and imagine... !? NOTHING.
This story is from Dailysoccer.

AS Roma said on Monday they had
signed Bari's Antonio Cassano, the most promising teenager in Italian soccer, for 60 billion lire ($28.85 million).
The Italian league leaders said Cassano, 18, would join on a five-year contract from the start of next season and would earn 36 billion lire ($17.31 million) during his stay.
The fee was one of the highest in Italy for a teenager. So was the salary.
The transfer catapulted Cassano into the top 10 most
expensive players in the world, Italian media reported.
Roma, one of only two Italian football clubs with a stock
exchange listing, said in a statement that they had also bought the rights to market Cassano's image and vowed to turn him into "a symbol of the AS Roma brand".
Cassano has become the leading example of young home-grown talent in a country swamped with foreign players.
Born on July 12, 1982 -- the day Italy won the World Cup -- he made his debut for Bari aged 17 and has already been tipped for great things with the national side.
He tends to play just behind the strikers and has been
compared to one of his idols and new team mates -- AS Roma captain Francesco Totti.
Earlier this season, Cassano was linked with Juventus, AC Milan and Manchester United.

FORZA ROMA !

[B@tigol]

wow i would like to see him more with roma cause i really didn't see much of him in bari

[Severus]

its good to see that he will play for a huge club and compete for lo scudetto. he will also get his first chance of european action as well next season so good for him and italia!

[PFC]

But how much will he get to play ? With news of Montella and Delvecchio staying at the club along with Bati next season, one has to wonder if he will be given enough playing time. I think its a risk, as he will really only be used as a sub in the late stages of a league match and will also play in the Italian Cup. His CL playing time will be limited..

[Severus]

i don't think sensi spent that much to have him sit on the bench. someone is going to leave and i'd say montella. he's had to play second fiddle for a while now and he deserves to be titolare on any team. montella is who's driving roma right now and he's doing a wonderful job in bati's absence. he knows that he should be titolare and i think he's showcasing himself right now to other teams.

montella is fantastic!