MILAN, May 11 (AFP)
Parma's Italian international defender Fabio Cannavaro is set to tie up a move to newly-crowned Italian first division champions Juventus, ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Cannavaro, who will be a starting member of Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni's team in the World Cup, will sign a five-year contract with the Turin club in a deal which will be formally announced next week, the report said.
Juve transfer supremo Luciano Moggi and the player's agent have already agreed personal terms while the deal is said to be worth 25 million euros (23.4 million dollars) plus two players from Juve to Parma, a deal that would be close to a world record for a defender.
Ironically a world record was set last summer when Cannavaro's former team-mate Frenchman Lilian Thuram moved to Juve from Parma.
Either midfielder Enzo Maresca or Italian international Alessio Tacchinardi, who did not make Trapattoni's squad, could be one of the players to go to Parma although the latter is also wanted by AC Milan.
Cannavaro, who started out with home-town club Napoli, has spent seven successful seasons with Parma and is a key-member of Trapattoni's three-man defensive unit that also features AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta of Lazio.
Cannavaro did not play in the Parma team that beat Juve 1-0 to lift the Italian Cup on the away goals rule on Friday evening as he was suspended.
Parma's Italian international defender Fabio Cannavaro is set to tie up a move to newly-crowned Italian first division champions Juventus, ANSA news agency reported on Saturday.
Cannavaro, who will be a starting member of Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni's team in the World Cup, will sign a five-year contract with the Turin club in a deal which will be formally announced next week, the report said.
Juve transfer supremo Luciano Moggi and the player's agent have already agreed personal terms while the deal is said to be worth 25 million euros (23.4 million dollars) plus two players from Juve to Parma, a deal that would be close to a world record for a defender.
Ironically a world record was set last summer when Cannavaro's former team-mate Frenchman Lilian Thuram moved to Juve from Parma.
Either midfielder Enzo Maresca or Italian international Alessio Tacchinardi, who did not make Trapattoni's squad, could be one of the players to go to Parma although the latter is also wanted by AC Milan.
Cannavaro, who started out with home-town club Napoli, has spent seven successful seasons with Parma and is a key-member of Trapattoni's three-man defensive unit that also features AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta of Lazio.
Cannavaro did not play in the Parma team that beat Juve 1-0 to lift the Italian Cup on the away goals rule on Friday evening as he was suspended.