MONTELLA IN MOVE TALK
The biggest clubs on the planet will show an interest in the 26-year-old, if they are given the green light to make a bid, and the former Sampdoria star has hinted that he is still not settled with the Serie A leaders.
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"I am in terrific form at the moment but I don't forget the first part of the season," he admitted.
"I remember the bitterness at being on the substitutes' bench and for always being second to someone else.
"That is why I will think a lot at the end of the campaign."
Gabriel Batistuta is the leading light at the capital club, and Marco Delvecchio is another striker vying for a first team place. With Francesco Totti and Hidetoshi Nakata also pressing home their claims, albeit in a more withdrawn role, it is easy to see why Antonio Cassano's summer arrival will ensure further competition for places next term.
Chairman Franco Sensi has insisted 11-goal Montella will not leave and the latest reports from Italy, linking Europe's biggest clubs with a move for him, are only to be expected ahead of a frenzied summer of speculation.