Sydney FC chasing Alessandro del Piero
Sydney FC chief executive Tony Pignata is poised to make a bold attempt to convince Italian superstar Alessandro del Piero to choose the A-League club over multiple worldwide offers, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Pignata will try to pull off the massive signing coup when he speaks to the former Juventus striker via teleconference at 6pm AEST on Wednesday.
Pignata said his club would be chasing del Piero's signature "as hard as we can."
"The board is 100 per cent behind this. We believe he's the perfect marquee player," Pignata told The Sydney Morning Herald.
"We've already made an approach to his management team, and we're waiting to hear back.
"This is not a gimmick, it's deadly serious. To get a player of his stature would be huge, and we know that.
"I can't say whether we'll be able to compete with whatever other offers he may have in a financial sense, but I do know playing over the summer, in a city like Sydney, gives us a real selling point."