Vlahovic, Fiorentina in the open, now it’s Juve’s turn: Elkann and the outgoing market are the keys to anticipate the blow | First page

Daniele Pradé a SportItalia confirmed what was told by Calciomercato.com for months now. Fiorentina’s request for Dusan Vlahovic is (still) around 75 million euros, with no counterparts or particularly imaginative formulas or overly delayed payments. Conditions clear to everyone for months, not far-fetched figures because that of 75 million was the figure that would have been set in the termination clause in case of renewal. Except that in the meantime the dialogues with Vlahovic’s entourage have been compromised for some time, for this reason the viola club could not accept the proposals arrived from the Premier (Arsenal and beyond), but with the passing of time it cannot afford to to really see the Serbian striker leave on a free transfer. So six months ahead of schedule he put it up for sale, publicly, to the highest bidder. Even if it were Juve, who in Florence concretely fear is the club chosen by Vlahovic. And always on Calciomercato.com (read here) we told you in advance how the assault on Dusan was one of the main reasons behind the decision to experience a January market in the name of loans without redemption obligation, so that he can move all in on him for June. Fiorentina opens to everyone six months in advance and expects a signal from Vlahovic, or rather from his agents led by Ristic. But are Juve ready to bring their move forward by six months? Not for the moment, but he still has time to try.

QUI JUVE – There are two ways for Juve these days. The first is that linked to the market, external and internal: to sell at least one player to important figures (always Dejan Kulusevski is the main suspect) and then really sacrifice on the altar of Vlahovic even the renewal of Paulo Dybala, in addition to other savings situations already outlined such as the failure to redeem Alvaro Morata. And all this is not necessarily enough. The second is the one that leads to Juventus ownership: Juve at this moment has no margins, but the Agnelli-Elkann family does. If the decision should come to seize the Vlahovic opportunity, beyond the real and definitive distribution of the money from the latest capital increase, then a strong and sudden move by the property will be needed. Which hasn’t happened yet.

COSTS – Said of the two ways to anticipate the blow, there are still many against to be evaluated at Continassa for the immediate future. The pros are all technical, of course. But what weighs on the scales are not only the necessary sacrifices and the demands of Fiorentina, even those of the same Vlahovic agents who ultimately raised the expected fee as commissions up to as much as 18 million: a sum inversely proportional to that claimed by the purple club, bypassing this January session would all benefit Ristic and associates, without going too far with the imagination and over time even assuming a zero escape in 18 months. Seven days at the end of the transfer market, the Fiorentina supermarket will remain open seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day: will Juve go to the cash desk?-