re: 2013 Winter Transfer Threadapalooza (NO LONGER NEEDED)

AS Roma just signed Greek fullback, Vasilios Torosidis.

He was linked in the summer but the deal never came through as we we're depending on the promising Brazilian kid Dodo to rotate with Balzaretti and Piris. However, Dodo has some nagging muscle injury that's meant he's yet to be 100%.

Hoping he'll really help out as we're about to run Balzaretti into nothing more than a pony-tailed pool a sweat. Seems like a Balzaretti type (if not quite as solid defensively) from when I've seen him in the past: tireless marauding runs and able to cross with both feet.



Bad news that may affect Roma's winter signings is that Destro seems likely to miss 2 months with a muscle tear/strain that requires minor surgery.

Also, the club keeps saying they want to keep Stekelenberg until the summer as insurance but he's starting to lash out in the press so I wouldn't be completely shocked to see him sold and an attacker to fill in for Destro purchased.