Biso Says No To Newcastle Jets

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NEWCASTLE Jets have given up on Italian Serie B midfielder Mattia Biso after discovering the Frosinone star still has a year left on his current club's contract.

The 2008 champions were pursuing the star to bring him to EnergyAustralia next season and had a contract to offer the star after spotting him in this weekend's game against Socceroo Carl Valeri's Grosseto at the weekend.

"He was a quality player and we were certainly very interested in him," van Egmond told the Newcastle Herald.

"Unfortunately, the club has him under contract for another year and are pretty keen to keep him. I would suggest that one is not going to happen. There are a few more options we can explore.

"Remo [Nogarotto] has some more games lined up and we have dinner with an agent tomorrow night.

"At the end of the day they have to be quality and give us something different to what we have at home. The attacking third is a priority, especially at the point."

The club's attention has now returned to Aussie Adrian Madaschi playing for Portosummaga in Serie C.

Van Egmond told The Herald<: "He is neat and tidy on the ball, he is a big boy, a lefty and something we definitely could use.

"His team looks like they are going to be in the play-offs and may not finish the season until mid-June.

"That is something we are going to have to consider."

The club are still chasing the signature of former Victory badboy Ljubo Milicevic to bolster their backline and the burly defender is keen to join.

His manager and brother Steve Milicevic told The Herald: "Obviously, the details have to be nutted out, but from what I can see there is nothing standing in the way.

"There has been interest from other A-League clubs and also overseas, but the Jets are the champion team and have a great coach. Hopefully we can work something out."