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    ROMANO EXCLUSIVE: why Mascherano DID NOT join Juve

    ROMANO EXCLUSIVE: why Mascherano DID NOT join Juve

    There is something in Juventus’ last transfer campaign that didn’t work out. The bianconeri needed a leader for their team’s midfield but also for the dressing room, and Barcelona 32-year-old Javier Mascherano was their main target. In June, the Jefecito was just one step away from the Serie A defending champions after that his agent has met several times Juve executive.

    The two parties had reached a full agreement –not only from the financial point of view- and also the Argentine had expressed his will to join the bianconeri.

    The problem is that the Piedmont’s club was about to carry out the negotiation for the Argentine after signing Dani Alves; to obtain the Brazilian, Juve used his unilateral clause, and the blaugrana didn’t appreciate too much. The Catalan club asked for €25 million, then declared that the former Manchester City man was unsellable and finally renewed his contract.
     
    M.G. – adapted from an article by Fabrizio Romano
     

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