Bu arada Makelele, Geremi ve Gravesen gibi futbolcuların transferinde istediğini elde edemeyen Beşiktaş yönetimi, rotayı İtalya'ya çevirdi. Siyah beyazlılar, menajerler aracılığı ile Parma'da forma giyen orta saha oyuncusu Vincenzo Grella ile temasa geçti.
Ön libero bölgesinde forma giyen 27 yaşındaki Avustralyalı oyuncu, Serie A'da Empoli ile Ternana formalarını giydikten sonra 2004 yılında Parma'ya transfer oldu. Bu sezon 26 maçta görev yapıp, bir gol kaydetti. 26 kez milli olan Grella'nın, Parma ile sözleşmesi ay sonunda bitecek. 1.83 boyundaki Grella'nın, bonservis bedeli olmadığı için bu transferin büyük olasılıkla gerçekleşebileceği ve önümüzdeki sezon Beşiktaş'ın ön libero mevkiinde Vincenzo Grella'nın forma giyme olasılığının fazla olduğu kaydedildi.
18.06.2007 
Kaynak : DHA 
Vincenzo "Vince" Grella (born on
October 5,
1979 in
Dandenong,
Victoria) is an
Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for
Parma F.C. in
Italy's Serie A and for the
Australian national team.
Grella's family is of
Italian descent. At age 14 he was the youngest football player admitted to the
Victorian Institute of Sport, in
Melbourne,
[1] and he went on to train at the
Australian Institute of Sport on a football (soccer) scholarship from 1996-1997. His previous clubs include
Carlton and
Canberra Cosmos in Australia and
Ternana and
Empoli F.C. in Italy. Grella joined Parma in the Summer of
2004.
Grella is a regular member of the 'Socceroos'; he represented the
Australian Under-23's, the 'Olyroos', at the
2000 Summer Olympics and received his first senior cap in an international friendly against
England in
2003, which Australia won 3-1. In
November 2005, Grella played in both legs of the
World Cup play-off against
Uruguay, where Australia qualified for the
2006 World Cup for the first time in 32 years.
In
Germany, Grella's displays in the heart of Australia's midfield earned him praise from many quarters
[citation needed], and he was named in a preliminary squad for FIFA's team of the tournament, the only Australian to make this list. His performance against
Italy was singled out as one of the best performances by an Australian at the tournament.
[citation needed]
Grella and his Australian teammate
Mark Bresciano were excused from the
2005 Confederations Cup by the then Australian manager
Frank Farina to allow them to take part in a relegation playoff between Parma and
Bologna. Grella has described Bresciano as "even more than a brother"
[2] ; they played together at the AIS, Carlton and Empoli, and were reunited in 2004 when he joined Parma, before Bresciano moved on to
Palermo in 2006.
On
November 13,
2006 Grella was selected as captain for an international friendly in
London against Ghana, making him the 51st player to captain Australia. This honour followed his being named as captain of Parma for the current season.
[edit] Family
Grella and his wife,
Barbara, have twin daughters;
Victoria and
Sophia. Grella first met Barbara while she was working in a shoe store in Italy, which Grella frequently visited to buy shoes following their first meeting.
[edit] Trivia - Though listed as "Vince" while playing for Australia, his Australian teammates generally call him "Vinnie". On the FIFA Football 2005 video game, Grella's name is listed as, "Vincenzo Grella".
- Grella is also one of the only players that wears the captain's armband on his right arm, instead of the traditional left.
[edit] References - <LI id=_note-0>^ World Cup Dream - Grella's Family Migration Heritage NSW World Cup Exhibition 2006
- ^ The Brotherhood , The Age, November 18, 2005
