Juve without peace: another bad news comes for the Bianconeri: it’s about Vlahovic, here’s what happened
Juve senza pace: altro intoppo per Vlahovic – SerieAnews
It is not yet time for the deep revolution, but time may be almost definitely running out. Juve is almost at a crossroads: Thiago Motta certainly is, Cristiano Giuntoli probably is too. The Juventus football director has an original sin: his choices have not paid off so far, both in the market and in the choice of coach.
Motta has been his gamble, so far definitely lost. And even the signings on which he has staked firmly so far have not performed according to expectations. Suffice it to think of Koopmeiners: chased for years, ever since his time at Napoli, the Dutchman arrived in bianconero last summer.
As much as 60 million euros paid to Atalanta for the man who was considered the best midfielder in Italy. Only in Turin came his poor brother: performances to forget for Koop, wrecked like the whole Bianconeri team. And so Fiorentina may already be a watershed: a win is needed at all costs to rise again and try to erase the humiliating 0-4 cashed against Atalanta in the last round.
Juve, Motta ad un bivio: esonero in caso di ko con la Fiorentina
In the event of another defeat, in fact, Thiago Motta’s exoneration could be triggered, with the bench given to a traghettatore until the end of the season and then a new project could be initiated. An eventuality that at Continassa they would like to avert, from Giuntoli to Motta himself, of course.
Juve, Motta ad un bivio: esonero in caso di ko con la Fiorentina (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
And it is precisely the coach who is ready to rely on his loyalists, the players he decided to bet on since last July. Among them, I dare say, is not Dusan Vlahovic. The HCL bomber has never been a reference point for the coach. A too static center forward, little inclined to team play, very distant from that Zirkzee pupil of the coach who he would have liked so much in Turin as well.
And so, if until January he was game for lack of alternatives, since the arrival of Kolo Muani he has regularly sat on the bench. A second choice, the Frenchman’s reserve to be sent on the field in the final minutes, just as happened on Sunday on the 0-3 for the Dea.
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This is an unacceptable situation for Vlahovic, who is experiencing really tough weeks, including psychologically. It is no mystery that the footballer is in trouble and the proof is also given by the slip from which Lookman’s goal for the final 4-0 was born.
At the end of the season it will also be goodbye because of a fairly clear contractual situation: an agreement expiring in 2026 and no renewal, also and above all because of the number 9’s desire not to reduce his monstrous compensation of more than 10 million euros per season.
Yes, but where can the center forward go? A question that currently has no answers. Juve is asking for about 30 million, the right amount not to put a capital loss on the balance sheet, but his salary is certainly for very few clubs. The Premier League is undoubtedly the perfect destination for Dusan but even then there is no shortage of problems.
The formations looking for a center forward are the usual ones, Arsenal and Chelsea. The two London formations, however, sound the market in toto and have put another star in their sights, who moreover plays in Serie A. We are referring to Mateo Retegui. Mancini fished him out of Argentina and wanted him for the Azzurri national team in deficit of thoroughbred bombers.
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Arrived amid general skepticism, goal on his Maradona debut (and it could not be otherwise for one born in Argentina) and immediately the number 9 jersey on his shoulders. Genoa then bet on him but complicit with physical problems, he did not enchant. Last August, however, the move to Atalanta for 23 million euros plus 3 in bonuses.
Retegui on fire: la cifra necessaria per acquistarlo (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
A transfer that is a bit of a watershed, at least so far. With the Gasperini cure he has definitely exploded: already 22 goals in Serie A, he wants to exceed 30 and it is a goal more than within reach given his numbers. An impressive killer instinct for Retegui, who has seen his value double in just a few months.
Now at least 50 million is needed to wrest him from Dea. A more than affordable figure for a footballer who has a salary of about 2.2 million per season. In short, a real bargain and the English bigwigs are ready to challenge, much to the peace of Vlahovic who will have to wait for the next train.
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