Still think there's no smoke without fire.
It does not sounds like Marotta and I have not read or heard it anywhere. He generally never goes into the transactions details with the press especially before a deal is done. What is quite likely is that Juve will offer a new contract and will try everything to avoid loosing him this season, but as always if the player decides he wants to go and the offer is high enough the club will let him go. There is no official confirmation he wants to go though so far so we still hope he will stay.
They raised it to €70m......which we reportedly were prepared to offer some 2 weeks ago or so. I don't see it as big news.
I do not think that we Sandro's decision will be dependant on the purchase of the CM, most of those deals are in instalments, Benatia costed 18 and Shick 30.5 (only 8 this year), on the other hand we also spent 35 millions on Cuadrado and 2 other players while getting 50 millions for Coman, Zaza, Neto and a couple of youngsters. So up to 50-60 millions investment we should be ok without needing further resources and we still have Rincon and Lemina for sale that are worth about 25 millions.
He is already the most expensive defender in the world 70 million is silly but I want him that bad and after all it's not my money, after the Lukaku situation they may be willing to spend 10 mil more to save face but will that impact on who we get upfront? Shouldn't what's 10 mil in context...
if he refuses the new deal at Juve and requests the transfer, it is very likely that the club will let him go for a good offer, and I expect anything above 60 m will be considered as such. So far there is no indication other than rumours that Sandro has requested the transfer and hopefully for us he won't because having to deal with two unexpected top transfers in the same window would be really tough for juve
When you think about it we paid 5 mil for Ashley and 15 for luis.....crazy
Yea of course different class my friend, for a start he would be the faster player on the pitch, him and hazard on the counter, forget it.
I'd love to have him at Chelsea. This transfer has dragged on and I am not confident we'll get him though. Annoyed !!
well rock might be a bit of an overstatement. At juve he improved a lot defensively, but he still makes a few mistakes especially on set pieces and when he gets too cocky on transitions near the box. Attacking wise he is a fantastic player. At present it looks like he has decided to stay but the transfer window is long. Not sure that at 60-70 milions he would be the best way to improve your team though. There is room for improvement elsewhere for probably less money starting from the right back position for instance
