Rumours originating in both Spain and Italy over the past few days are suggesting that the talented yet controversial young marksman is eyeing a Bernabéu exit.

Apparently Juventus, at the express request of ex-Roma Coach Fabio Capello, and Inter have their ears to the ground for any signs that Cassano is moving.

The grapevine says that Cassano feels that he’s swapped one dead-end for another in moving from Roma – who needed to cash in on the player before the June contract expiry date – to a crisis-torn Real Madrid in search of an instant hero to save the season.

This evidently wasn’t the case, and the same striker who’d delighted and infuriated with the Giallorossi has been forced into a silent back seat with the Merengues.

In just under 100 days at Real, Cassano has clocked up just under 500 minutes in 14 games: an average of a mere 34 minutes on the pitch per match pimpled with just two goals (Real Betis and Atlético Madrid) and only three chances in the starting eleven under both Luxemburgo and López Caro. Hardly a sign of a unanimous first eleven player.

Editorials in Spain have started barbing the easily-upset young gun for not living up to the hype that greeted the signing from Roma, and in Italy the influential ‘Gazzetta Dello Sport’ has an article listing the 23 year-olds woes in Spain and casting doubt on a World Cup place with the Azzurri.

With the siren calls coming from Juventus still keen – Capello having reportedly called the promise the future of Italian football – the move may be facilitated by a possible trade for Swedish tower Ibramovich. Fans of both teams would accept the switch without much bad blood: perhaps even relief on both sides.

A major incentive would be if there’s any truth to another set of rumours that began to leak out of Italy on Tuesday hinting at Alessandro Del Piero doing a Guardiola and leaving his beloved alma mater club for a foreign experience before hanging his boots up.

With Inter also experiencing minor internal revolutions, any Adriano exit could be palliated by the arrival of Cassano in Milan. The key lies in the White House: what will Real Madrid decide?

Will there be a blur of Italo-Hispanic transfer activity, and, if so, who’s going where? Time will tell, but fans are bound to have their fierce opinions about who should go where. Who knows, perhaps Antonio will go base to home base? After all, there's no place like Rome.

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