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Cassano's Azzurri dreams Friday 22 February, 2008
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Antonio Cassano reveals his Euro 2008 ambitions and his admiration for Inter star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Sampdoria wild card proved inspirational in the 1-0 victory over Genoa and that derby performance boosted his chances of getting back into the Azzurri squad.
“Alessandro Del Piero and myself in the Nazionale – absolutely! Del Piero is proving with his season that he deserves to be at the European Championships, hopefully along with me.”
It is believed Roberto Donadoni will only call up one of the two players for the tournament in Austria and Switzerland this summer.
There are other rumours emerging that both could be left behind if Palermo’s Brazilian hitman Amauri takes Italian citizenship.
Cassano’s problem has always been his fiery character and lack of reliability, but he hopes to show he has changed with a big performance against leaders Inter on Sunday.
“In my view Ibrahimovic is the best in the world after Leo Messi. It would be great to play alongside him. If the club listened to my suggestions and signed Ibra, we could aim for the Scudetto!”
The comment was a cheeky reference to the summer transfer stories linking him with the Nerazzurri before he opted to join Samp on loan from Real Madrid.
The two clubs met for negotiations this week and it is believed talks to make the move permanent are at an advanced stage.
“My dream is to stay with Sampdoria,” he told Sky Italia television.
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