Now it's also official. That Dusan Vlahovic he had been a Juventus player for days now, it was known, but now there are no more doubts: the Serbian has signed the contract that will bind him to the Old Lady until 30 June 2026.
The bianconeri, first of all for stock exchange reasons, also communicated the figures, which in any case do not differ much from those anticipated by the media in recent days. The deal, including bonuses, reaches 100 million, divided as follows: 70 payable in three financial years, 11,6 of ancillary charges (i.e. commissions to agents), 10 linked to the achievement of sporting goals. To these, of course, must be added the 7 million (plus bonuses) for the player's salary, which becomes around 56 before taxes. In short, the operation is one of the important ones, but Juventus are convinced they have fixed the attack for quite some time and actually, numbers in hand, it seems to be so.
Vlahovic, who turned 22 yesterday, guarantees an enormous amount of goals, but above all he brings back that enthusiasm that died down at the end of last August, when Cristiano Ronaldo said goodbye to everyone to go to Manchester United. It is no coincidence that he chose to wear his own the number 7 shirt left free by the Portuguese, partly because number 9 is already occupied by Morata (by the way: his transfer to Barcelona remains possible, but not taken for granted), much for that desire to demonstrate right now that he is the worthy replacement, in all and for everything.
Once the coup has been placed, it is now time to complete the work, starting primarily with the sales. Someone will leave, there is no doubt about this, and the main suspects, in addition to the aforementioned Morata, I'm Kulusevski, Ramsey and one between Arthur and Bentancur. If the Spaniard stays, it would be Kaio Jorge who will pack his bags (we are talking about Salernitana, obviously on loan), but it is above all from the Swede that Juve plans to make some cash. The agent offered him to Milan, a club that has always been interested, but received a no by virtue of the Lady's requests, evidently considered excessive. But now he's done it Tottenham di Conte and here the discussion gets hot, even if for the moment there is no agreement on the modalities: the British would like the loan with the right to buy set at 30 million, from Turin they are pushing for the obligation.
More hazy the situation of the midfielders, all with requests from the Premier League (Crystal Palace likes Ramsey, Arthur to Arsenal, Bentancur to Aston Villa), but none of them are really convincing: should someone leave, the Bianconeri would sink the blow on Nandez of Cagliari, currently blocked by Giulini.
Work for the present too Inter, that after you buy Goossens has also completed the arrival of Caicedo, taken from Genoa with the dry loan formula. This is how the winter campaign ends, but Marotta and Ausilio are also very active in the summer one, given that, in addition to goalkeeper Onana (he will become official immediately after the African Cup), they are working for Scamacca (tests of agreement with Sassuolo for 40 million) and Bremer, who would take the place of departing De Vrij.
However, they find no confirmation the rumors about Kessie, even if the Ivorian's contractual situation and Calhanoglu's precedent lead us to keep our antennas straight: half of Europe still likes the midfielder, from Barcelona to Liverpool and Tottenham, without neglecting Juventus, who dream of teaming him up with the other ex Milan supporter Locatelli.
These are not easy days for the Rossoneri and not only for the Kessié affair: Maldini struggles to accept the fireworks of the rivals, but Definite orders have come from Elliot not to go over the pre-established budget. Which is rather low, as confirmed only by the purchase of the 18-year-old Lazetic (3 million) and the long hesitation over the defender, indicated at the beginning of January as a priority and instead reduced to a rather unguarded casting, in which, in addition to the usual bottomman (but Lille doesn't want to open to the loan), there is the young man Thiaw, the 20-year-old from Schalke 04 with whom, however, there is no agreement. We'll see if the next few hours reserve some twists, but the scepter of the market Juventus took it by right, with Inter immediately behind, while for Milan, in the current state of things, there is very little to say.
