Juventus is the most active club in Serie A, whether it involves buying or selling players. Such activity by the Old Lady has reignited old debates about whether Massimiliano Allegri has achieved results in the past three years that match the quality of the players at his disposal. Or, more directly, has Allegri been a failure or a saviour for Juve during this turbulent period? The argument of supporters of the six-time Scudetto winner (one with Milan and five with Juve) sees the almost complete team reconstruction as proof that Max did the best he could with the players he had at his disposal. On the other hand, the opposing side argues that Allegri had significant responsibility for Juventus’ reinforcements in the first two years after his return to Continassa and that he failed to capitalize on the players available to him.Juve eye Bundesliga wonder to improve offenceThere are also those who criticize Cristiano Giuntoli for unfair behaviour towards Allegri. The truth is that Giuntoli was merely the executor of a decision made by others, namely John Elkann. The former Juventus coach became an outsider at Continassa the moment Andrea Agnelli was forced to resign along with the entire Board of Directors, all of whom were involved in bringing Allegri back and offering him an inexplicably long (four-year) and very lucrative contract (over seven million euros net). Therefore, Allegri and the new Juventus were prisoners of previously made decisions, which is why there were minimal chances for their story to have a happy ending.Varane officially joins Cesc’s crew!Giuntoli made a gentleman’s agreement with Thiago Motta last year, which is why the new Juventus coach rejected an offer from Napoli and Aurelio De Laurentiis last June. Allegri learned about all this during the season because, in the end, the whole world is a ‘village’, and everything eventually comes to light. To be fair, it is hard not to acknowledge that Juve is doing in this transfer window what they should have done last year. However, when we put the whole story in the perspective of the desire to start a new cycle with a new coach, it is clear why the Bianconeri management waited. Jean-Clair Todibo, barring any unforeseen events, is set to arrive in Turin next week. The established connection between the two technical directors, Morizio and Giuntoli, is working very well, and after Thuram, the Nice defender will also follow the same path this June. A compromise has been reached with a loan formula that includes a practically mandatory purchase next year, amounting to between 35,000,000 and 40,000,000 euros. Juve and Koopmeiners – not yet a thing: Atalanta not eager to sell but if they get a little push…Giuntoli also had a meeting with Adeyemi’s father. However, the Borussia Dortmund player is too expensive, making the paths leading to Galeno from Porto or potentially Jadon Sancho as the icing on the cake at the end of the transfer window more likely. The Manchester United winger would come on loan with a purchase option that could become mandatory under certain conditions. Thiago Motta, before the first friendly match of the preparation phase against Nuremberg, indirectly confirmed the “open secret” that Juventus does not count on Federico Chiesa. Tottenham has shown interest in the Italian international in the last 48 hours, but we are still far from serious negotiations.Juve snatch Inter’s left back target – Cabal is the latest piece of Motta’s puzzleWhen all is said and done, Juventus has already earned over 100,000,000 million from player sales in this transfer window. The majority of this sum came from players of Juventus’ second team, Juventus U23, who play in Italy’s third league. Specifically, Iling Junior, Barrenechea, Sule, Huijsen, Dragusin, De Winter, and Ranocchia have enabled the Old Lady to pocket 87,000,000. Adding 13,000,000 plus 6,000,000 in bonuses from Moise Kean’s transfer to Fiorentina, we reach 100,000,000. Of course, Koopmeiners remains the main target of Juventus’ reinforcement campaign, despite Atalanta having no intention of giving any discount to the Bianconeri. At Continassa, they are convinced that with the clearly expressed desire of the player to wear the Old Lady’s jersey and an offer of 45,000,000 with a few million in bonuses, they could close the deal.##NAJAVA_MECA_8238514##
