Time to make a few amendaments:
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Antiga, as written in the chart above, has eventually signed with Skra and NOT Ufa.
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Kazyiski has not signed any contract with dinamo moscow yet. BUT FINALLY WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON with him. The guy had a two years contract wih Moscow with an optioned for a third year (which should have been this year). He also has something a player should never sign in his right mind: a lifetime contract with Slavia Sofia. So it is not up to him, but up to Seferinov the power to excercise the rescission from Dinamo Moscow. But as for him, his will seems to be clear. He recently said: "My mind is clear. I want to play in Trento. Nowhere else. For me, it's the best solution possible. No other club will do. I want Trento!"
Now I shall praise him for two things: first of all, those words on Trento, cause I support Trento
and second, the fact that he is willing to give up a million euro contract a year for signing a (only) 400.000 a year!!! My plause!
- Amendements to the chart above:
Simon Tischer is the new setter for Iraklis Salonicco. For him an annual contract with an option for another year. He will take the place of belgian
Frank Depestele, MVP of the last championship, who is destined to the Russian championship. NOW, since Shipulin in an interview said he is buying a Belgian setter, that could close the circle. I strongly hope it is him since he is very good, but also the only decent setter Belgium ever had. If it's not him, we are in great trouble!
Speaking of Belgium, Noliko has already 11 players under contract.
Noliko la prossima stagione.
They confirmed Pinheiro, Van Dijk, Van De Loo, Wiebel and Paulides, and bought Tom Schrijvers (setter, from Lennik), Jo Vandecraen (middle blocker, from Averbode), Gert Van Walle (wing spiker, from Eisden), Bert Derkoningen (libero, from Haasrode), Ugo Blairon (libero, from Guibertin) and Antti Siltala (spiker from Sampo - Finland).
So they will be selling: Eloi, Devoldre, Holubec, Hanano, J.Rivera, and Prenen.
In Brazil, Minas's new wing spiker is gonna be
Rivaldo, last season in Japan. Dante Trevisan, after a bad season in Taviano, will go back to Brazilian Bento, while Joao Paulo Tavares (in the WL team) goes from Cimed to Banespa.
In Greece, Olympiakos signed libero Achilles
Papadimitriou from Panellinios for two seasons.
In France, the joung setter
Jaumel, vice-Pujol last year, goes from Poitiers to Montpellier. Narbonne bought Roque Carvalho from Fabregas Sport Aragona and Miletic from Sète.
In Italy, Copra Berni Piacenza signed Frantz
Granvorka for two years. It seems that they did not find an agreement with Nikola
Grbic, who may go to Trento.
The setter market is very active:
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo seems to be into the Cuban Javier Gonzalez. Coscione seems to be destined to leave and maybe go to Piacenza. Mattera will be soon officialised at Sparkling Milano.
BTW, Milano had bought
Samica in the end. No Russia for him, then (one mystery is solved). They recently signed Lorenzo Perazzolo, as a wing spiker too.
Taranto signed a two years contract with libero Latelli, while they are contracting with Cuneo for middle blocker Riad.
Modena is into buying Nascimento and Heller. Sartoretti has still other two years with them. Will he step back and be on the bench next year?
"Non ho nessun problema a stare con la gente, mi piace. Perche' sono come loro, come te. Non ho nulla di speciale. Sono solo stato piu' fortunato di altri: ho trovato la mia strada." Giani