Today’s Champions League draw in Monte Carlo will be a chance for Juventus and PSG to talk about Blaise Matuidi. As Calciomercato.com reported, the bianconeri are readying a new offer for the French midfielder of €22.5 million plus €5 million bonus.
 

Juventus will table a total bid of €27.5 million (including bonuses tied to placing's in the Champions League; PSG wants more favourable bonuses to take the total transfer costs up to €32 million. The bianconeri are aware of this and will use today’s ceremony to try to soften the French club’s position and try to reach an agreement. The alternatives, should the deal collapse, are Mateo Kovacic and Moussa Sissoko, not forgetting Luiz Gustavo and Axel Witsel , although these two options remain doubtful.  

Meanwhile, tension mounts in the Old Lady’s attempts to prize Juan Cuadrado away from Chelsea. The Colombian is pushing to go out on an initial dry loan but the Premier League club wants a definite commitment to take the player outright at the end of the loan period; negotiations continue.


By Fabrizio Romano. Adapted and translated by Steve Mitchell