A Juventus for sale
With the arrival of Elia, Giaccherini and Estigarribia, Antonio Conte has had his reinforcement for the left wing. The Juventus market has one last shot, a central defender: Lugano and Rhodolfo have vanished, like Alex, Juventus now seems oriented to invest in the Italian market: Gastaldello and Astori are being targeted, with the first favourite. Unless there are surprises.
The last hours of the market (which closes tomorrow at 19.00) will be used by Beppe Marotta to try to sell and there are many that are not part of the Juventus 2011-12 project. At the moment, including Elia (the purchase of which is yet to be official), the Juventus squad is made up of 32 players. The ideal number, having only two competitions to face, is 24-25: so there are at least seven Bianconeri on the market, to choose between Ziegler, Grygera, Motta, Sorensen, Marrone, Giandonato, Pepe, Pasquato, Iaquinta and Amauri.
It is not easy for Marotta: there is little time and prices that Juve will (or will have to) sell at, as you approach the close of the market tomorrow, will always be lower. Take the case of Amauri: Juventus values him at 6-7 million euro, but the player is due to expire in 2012 and in June Juventus will let him go without collecting a penny. It’s easy to predict, therefore, that the transfer of the Italian-Brazilian can be achieved, by tomorrow, at half the price wanted by Juve.
The risk, specifically, is that Juventus is now forced to sell at a discount.
