Today’s fluff is settling old scores
It’s good to talk. Thursday brought news that Luis Suárez gave the
Juventus defender Georgio Chiellini a tinkle to hold clear-the-air talks over that infamous nibble at the 2014
World Cup. The Mill remains unconvinced by this tale, however, because Chiellini has already said he bears no grudge against the Uruguayan over the affair. In a book released this year, Chiellini even wrote of Suárez: “I am a great son of a bitch on the pitch as well and I am proud of it.”
It seems the air could not be clearer, but the reason the story appeared at all is that the new Juve manager Andrea Pirlo fancies signing Suárez from
Barcelona as part of Ronald Koeman’s deck-clearing exercise at Camp Nou. The Mirror reckons the Italian club want to strike a “clever” cut-price deal involving performance-related bonuses, rather than an eye-watering up-front transfer fee.