A star, in the darkest night of Juventus. Federico’s performance can be summarized in this way Church against Porto, in the match that sanctioned the elimination of the Bianconeri in the knockout stages of the Champions League for the second consecutive time. A knockout that has many responsible and, above all, will have consequences in the future of the club of president Agnelli, now called to make important and decisive choices in a period that is anything but easy due to the post-Covid economic crisis that has also affected the world football. A future of which the Church will certainly continue to be a part, who in his first experience in the most important European cup proved to be a driving force, with four goals scored and two assists.
ALL CLAUSES – Numbers like Cristiano Ronaldo, the only Juventus player to score in the knockout matches of the last two years, which testify to a surprising performance for many, but not for the Juventus managers. When at the beginning of October Fabio Paratici realized that there was the possibility of really bringing Federico to Turin after so many years of winks, he did everything to “make room for him” and, in a few hours, concluded the releases of De Sciglio, Rugani and, above all , Douglas Costa, with savings on salaries that allowed the Bianconeri to strike a convenient agreement with Fiorentina. Understood, in the midst of a thousand controversies and words of fire from the purple environment, for a two-year loan of two million euros for the first season and eight for the second, with the right of redemption set at 40 million and another 10 easily reachable bonuses. In all, a 50 million safe operation, which can rise to 60 million.
ONE STEP REDEMPTION – An investment that has convinced everyone around Continassa. So that now we are already thinking about its future, with the number 22 at the center of the project. In the agreements made between the two clubs there was also the possibility that the right of redemption becomes an obligation upon the occurrence of one of these four hypotheses: Juventus among the top four in Serie A at the end of the season, Chiesa who collects a total of at least 30 minutes of appearances for 60% of the matches in the two-year period, or – above all – a total of at least ten goals and ten assists in the two years. Already in these first six months with Juventus Chiesa reached 12 goals scored and nine winning passes for his teammates. It is missing one, a small bureaucratic detail that can confirm what the camp has already said. That is, the class of ’97, from a bet, has become a certainty. His ransom is now one step away. Indeed, in one step.-
