After Di Maria, Juventus’ hands on Zaniolo

Tension between the blue and Roma, who want to sell him for only 60 million euros. Pressing Chelsea to have De Ligt

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The indiscretions on Juventus’ willingness to give a super attack to Massimiliano Allegri are confirmed, adding to the experience of Angel Di Maria, of whom now only the announcement is awaited – his wife Jorgelina, in the meantime, has started to follow the Juventus club on Instagram – the youth of Nicolò Zaniolo. They were not alternative paths, in fact the contacts on the Rome-Turin axis continue, actually bordering on intensity those with Chelsea who insists on Matthijs de Ligt and who in the coming days, in a meeting already fixed, will formulate his official offer: 100 million euros including the value of a counterpart. Among those proposals, neither Christian Pulisic nor Timo Werner warmed up, in reality at the moment Juventus is perched on cash and without even discounts on the 120 million of the release clause.

At first glance, it is natural to imagine a connection: the club collects from the Blues and reinvests part of the proceeds on José Mourinho’s jewel. In reality, the Zaniolo operation can take off autonomously and ad hoc solutions have been studied at Continassa, without getting stuck in the face of the rigidity of Rome which, a little disappointed and a little shocked by the allusive utterances of the boy and his entourage, reaffirms not wanting to accept diktat on renewal times and conditions – also two other Azzurri, Bryan Cristante and Leonardo Spinazzola, have the contract expiring in 2024 but have not been called to discuss and do not pause – nor to be willing to negotiate the sale on bases of less than 60 million euros.

The fact is that in Trigoria, however sincerely tough, they cannot ignore the risks of a non-extension or the fact that Zaniolo is ideal to sacrifice to settle the accounts, guaranteeing a significant capital gain to the Friedkins who are negotiating with UEFA. a financial repayment plan. Patience if for an ancient agreement, signed at the time of the Nainggolan operation for which he was a young counterpart, 15 percent of the income goes to Inter. The CEO Maurizio Arrivabene and the director Federico Cherubini have drafted a list of counterparts to be proposed to meet the Romanist evaluation without fainting – they could interest Weston McKennie, Moise Kean and Nicolò Rovella – and studied a formula that follows that of the Chiesa, onerous loan with compulsory redemption in order to postpone a large outlay. To Juve’s advantage also Zaniolo’s desire to play in Italy and the awareness of not having strong competitors for now. Not even AC Milan, even combined with the player. Either Juve or Rome, therefore, but the climate of Trigoria does not allow us to imagine an immediate renewal and the passage of time promises to smooth out, already in this session, stubborn positions. A situation that Juve can take advantage of, just like Chelsea can take advantage of the failure to renew De Ligt, an alternative to Milan Skriniar on which PSG has fallen decisively. Destinies and power relations reversed: Juve is also rigid, they demand the clause, but the scenario, in the coming weeks, can change. –