As I said previously, I'm fully with the club on this. Desperation to get Peruzzi in could massively back fire if hes out for long periods and his injury/recovery time will worsen as he gets older. Di Fanti will come up with the goods man, plenty more right backs out there than leftys.
He fails his medical he doesn't come - he passes he signs - If Velez are saying that they won't drop the price because of the injury then screw it - look elsewhere
Welcome to Peruzzi Watch, it's all the tedium of Spring Watch but with much less facial hair and Bill Oddie. The saga of Gino Peruzzi's transfer to Sunderland continues as Velez Sarsfield confirmed that the player has been given the all clear by Dr Paolo Mariani in Rome. Mariani is regarded as one of the top ligament surgeons in Europe, hence why Sunderland turned to him for further opinion on the extent of an injury discovered during the routine medical he undertook on wearside last week. Ricardo Coppplecchia, the club's doctor confirmed; The player was in the Superfinals and was in good shape. Peruzzi's knee is fine. I have a doctor's report that says there is not an injury issue. There is no serious injury and the strain will be resolved within 4 weeks. In a hypothetical case that would complicate it, was if he needed surgery. But I don't think that's necessary. So as we've known all along, Peruzzi has in the past suffered a ligament injury in his knee. However this only kept him out of three games last season. The concern is building up the strength of his knee, which he should be able to do quite easily in time for the start of the Premier League season in August. The ball however is very much in Sunderland's court though. They have also seen the same report from Dr Mariani, and Velez Vice President, Julio Baldomar, saying a decision on the deal should be made soon; Sunderland have emailed me and said they will make a definitive decision in the next two days. So contrary to all reports, the deal is not dead. Far from that. It could well be in two to three days time, but until then we've just got to wait it out like everyone else.
The key word here is tedium. We are just about out of teeth to pull. If he signs, we definitely need a chant about how strong his knee ligaments are.
I'm just worried with all this Peruzzi footing around, somebody else will snap him up! And no doubt he'll be a world beater!
@Velez FUTBOL:En Villa OlÃmpica vuelta al trabajo de Gino Peruzzi. @SAFCsource Gino Peruzzi returned to training with Velez today, as he awaits his future being resolved.
@dalefortin Gino Peruzzi seguiria en ‪#‎Velez‬. El pase al ‪#‎Sunderland‬ estaria caÃdo. La información (y motivos) se darán a conocer oficialmente en breve. Retweeted by @SAFCsource @SAFCsource Last RT: Gino Peruzzi will stay with #Velez. The transfer to #Sunderland is dropped. Info (and reasons) will be officially announced soon. Actually quite gutted if this is true. I just want some decent full backs, but it seems like we're getting no luck with them!!!!
I suggest we go and buy Gebre Salassie from Werder RB, and Izugguire from Celtic left back. Job done, and under £10million for both. Bosh.
