Galatasaray Attempt To Steal Roma's Julio Baptista From Olympiacos - Report

Turks look to snap up Brazilian Beast....

By Andrew McLean

The Beast is Back: Julio Baptista scores his first goal for Roma against Palermo, though the Sicilians went on to win the game 3-1.
Julio Baptista's move from Roma to Olympiacos, which seemed close to being complete yesterday evening, has been thrown in the air by a late bid from Turkish giants Galatasaray according to BBC Sport.

Galatasaray will look to tempt Roma with an offer of €5 million plus and Olympiacos might be reluctant to start a bidding war for the Brazilian international; especially after just signing Albert Riera from Liverpool on a similar deal.

Roma will take every penny they can in an attempt to raise funds to sign Nicolas Burdisso from Inter.

Baptista has become worried by the arrival of fellow Brazilian Adriano to the Italian capital as every step Adriano takes towards full fitness sees his opportunities of regular playing time reduced. Last season he was already limited in terms of first team chances, having seen Mirko Vucnicic hit remarkable form.

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