Juventus and AC Milan will cross paths in Los Angeles as part of their US tour. The two teams represent diametrical sides of the transfer window so far: the Bianconeri have yet to construct a new team, the Rossoneri have practically completed the restoration of theirs.Let’s take it step by step. Milan is in Juventus’ shoes for two reasons. The first one refers to the penalty against the Old Lady and the other is the skill or luck of Milan to sell Sandro Tonali to Newcastle and to use the money earned to finance Stefano Pioli’s massive team rearranging.It’s no secret that both clubs have been preparing the ground for serious revolutions this summer. Milan seem to have done their homework better and are now in a much more favorable position than Juventus.The Rossoneri changed the management led by Paolo Maldini faster and more efficiently than Juve managed to secure the arrival of Cristian Giuntoli in Continassa. If the day is known by the morning, it seems that there will not be many grievances for Maldini and Ricky Massara at Milanello. Geoffrey Moncada and Giorgio Furlani clearly prepared the ground for the change in Milan and reacted promptly and efficiently.Napoli after Kim’s replacement – Lens ask for 30,000,000 eurosFollowing the logic that the ‘frog should be swallowed quicky’, new Milan mercilessly sold Sandro Tonali to Newcastle. A move that seemed doubly damaging due to Tonali’s quality and what he represented in the world of the red and black, proved to be the springboard to open the cycle of the new Milan.Keeping Mike Maignan, Theo Hernandez and Rafael Leao and the sacrifice of Tonali indicated the type of changes Milan are looking to make. In the new formation that Pioli wants to play with, 4-3-3, Hernandez and Leao are fundamental players, while Tonali would be a less central figure in that setup compared to 4-2-3-1.The arrival of Loftus Cheek, Pulisic, Reijnders, Okafor, Chukwueze, Romero and the announced purchase of Musah and another striker indicates that a new Milan is being born, different from the one of the previous three years that Pioli and Maldini constructed together.We will have to wait for the start of the season to evaluate the Rossoneri’s transfer window, but it is already clear that all reinforcements are optimally functional for the game that Pioli intends to implement. Loftus Cheek and Pulisic intend to give new impetus to their careers after a period of stagnation. Reijnders and Chukwueze are players ready to make a qualitative leap and become top footballers. Okafor is also the profile of a player who could be a golden 12th player in Milan. With the arrival of Musah from Valencia, the midfield would be completed and the possible cherry on the cake could be another classic centre-forward if Milan find a new club where Colombo could go on loan. Luka Romero is an investment with calculated risk. In Milan, they hope that the young Argentine could be Sarri’s unpolished gem, that is, that the Tuscan expert did not see the talent straight away and let him go for free.##NAJAVA_MECA_7395053##Juventus’ transfer window began with grinding due to Napoli boss Aurelio De Laurentiis, who, out of pure malice, decided to let Giuntoli to Juventus with a month-long delay. Napoli as a club did not benefit at all, because Giuntoli did not work on the files of the Neapolitan players for several months, both on entry and exit, but that is why Juventus were a few weeks late with moves on the football market and now find themselves in an unenviable situation.Unlike Milan, Juventus have not yet managed to sell one of their top players and use their sales to finance the signing of new players. In the ranks of Juventus, players who can bring a lot of money to the club from the sale are Dusan Vlahović, Federico Chiesa and Gleison Bremer. Vlahović costs 70,000,000 to 80,000,000 euros, while Chiesa and Bremer could go for around 50,000,000 euros.##EDITORS_CHOICE##There is also a whole series of footballers from whom Juve can earn something, such as the sale of Szczęsny, Rovella, Miretti, Zakaria, McKennie. None of the individual sales would solve the Old Lady’s problems, but if they were all systematized in other clubs the Bianconeri would have a nice sum to spend on reinforcements. There are also players with huge salaries in Juve, but Allegri does want to use them, above all, Bonucci and Alex Sandro, together they will cost Juve more than 20,000,000 euros in the next year.Here the time factor comes to the fore. We have already reached the end of July and there are five weeks left until the end of the transfer window and there is no indication in sight that any of Juve’s most important players could be sold.Lautaro: After all the years together, Lukaku disappointed meIn Turin, resistance to the operation ‘Vlahović out, Lukaku in’ is growing. In the analysis, it is stated that Lukaku is not such a profitable investment if it is necessary to pay for him more than half of the money that would come in case of Vlahovic’s sale. Also, Lukaku’s salary would cost, more or less, the same as Dušan’s, so there would be no difference in that segment either. In addition, if we look at the previous season, Lukaku was absent more and played fewer minutes than Vlahović. At the same time, the Serbian center forward is 23 years old and Juve can sell him next year without any problems, since his contract expires in the summer of 2026, while it will be difficult to find a club that would be to the liking of Big Rom at the age of 31 and a net salary of 11,000,000 to 12,000,000 euros, especially if we exclude Saudi Arabia as a destination.Giuntoli will have to do some magic tricks on the football market: it is hard to say what is more difficult, to sell Vlahovic, Bremer and Chiesa for big money, to take in a series of players thus creating a stock of money for reinforcements or to find mutually satisfactory solutions for footballers like Bonucci and Alex Sandro.
