Juve wants to get rid of Vlahovic, but the price set seems almost like a gift for whoever will buy him. An underrated talent or a problem the club is eager to offload?
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There is always someone to pillory when things go wrong. In the case of Juventus, the perfect target seems to be Dusan Vlahovic.
If he misses a goal, it’s his fault. If the team doesn’t turn, it’s because he doesn’t make enough movement. If he loses the ball in midfield, it’s because he “can’t play with his feet.”
A collective obsession, which reached its peak in the recent elimination from the Coppa Italia, with the decisive error from the penalty spot against Empoli. And as expected, the web went wild: memes, vitriolic jokes and yet another confirmation of a climate that is now untenable.
But is Vlahovic really Juve’s problem? Or is the problem that Juve no longer knows what to do with him?
By now the divorce between the Serbian and the Bianconeri is written. It is no longer a question of “if,” but of “when.” In fact, of “how much.” And here the point becomes interesting. Because Juventus, which three years ago invested more than 80 million to take him away from Florence, now finds itself in the paradoxical situation of having to sell him for a much lower figure, to avoid the risk of too heavy a capital loss.
La Juventus e la difficile cessione di Vlahovic: quanto (poco) può arrivare a valere?
The numbers circulating are embarrassing: 20-30 million euros, a valuation for any striker, certainly not for one who – despite a thousand difficulties – remains one of the youngest and most talented center forwards on the market.
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Of course, there is the problem of salary. Vlahovic will earn 12 million net per season next year, and in the last year of his contract this figure would become unsustainable. But there is an important detail: whoever wants him can negotiate a reduction. And the player, in order to get out of a toxic situation, could accept a reduction in his salary.
The risk, however, is that this strategy of attrition only plays into the hands of the suitors. Interested clubs-some in the Premier League, perhaps PSG-know full well that Juve cannot afford to pull the strings too much and could wait until the summer to snatch the striker at a ridiculous price.
The paradox is served: Juventus is practically driving to the door a striker who, in a different context, could be devastating again. One who, in the prime of his career, is in danger of leaving for a balance figure while far less talented players are paid twice as much.
The real deal, in short, will be made by whoever gets him. Because Vlahovic, like it or not, remains a strong center forward. Does he have limitations? Sure. He is not a technique monster, he is not an offensive director, but he has a sense of goal that you can’t buy at the supermarket. And when he finds a team that will play him the right way, perhaps without making him weigh every ball he touches, he’ll be the last one to laugh.
And who knows, maybe someone in Turin will begin to wonder if it really was the case to sell out so quickly.
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