At a certain point Carnevali had to start the party: you buy before selling, since selling players that no one wants is impossible, except in the late August sale. Exactly. So there was an acceleration for Kolo Muani (27 years old) and Alajbegovic (18) and general surprise because these are heavy deals economically: for the Frenchman PSG will receive almost 50 million between redemption and easy-to-reach bonuses while for the Bosnian Bayer Leverkusen paid 30 million plus 5 in bonuses and 10% on future resale. This is no small matter for a club left out of the Champions League and called to get rid of several players who, in the squad cost, count as if they were super starters but are actually reserves.
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We saw some of them in action as starters in yesterday’s friendly against Nice: Milik’s contract expires in 2027 so he will remain in the squad, Zhegrova will also stay and work is underway to improve his endurance, while Gatti is on the market. Regarding Douglas Luiz, one of the unsellables as he still counts on the books, the attempt is to recover him for the cause and yesterday there was a first sign of hope: he scored the goal that unlocked the match after 11 minutes, which ended 2-0 after the young Oboavwoduo’s goal with a nice lob assisted by Adzic.
It is obvious that anticipating investments on Kolo Muani and Alajbegovic before selling is a risk, but Carnevali had to take it because 1) the other big Italian clubs have done something, in some cases even big things and 2) pressure must be put on the players in the squad who have a market, in order to stir things up. The reference is to Conceicao (23) who has never been one of the clear surplus players in the Juventus squad, but for Spalletti he is widely expendable.
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Also because when Jorge Mendes, Conceicao’s agent, moves, someone usually bites and it could be the case of Manchester United: the proposal would be an exchange with Zirkzee (25), both valued at around thirty million. And Spalletti doesn’t dislike the idea. Neither does Carnevali because Zirkzee in turn would put pressure on David (26), for whom some French clubs are moving. Here is the strategy: no longer waiting but action and reaction. For Nico Gonzalez (28), for example, Juventus is holding firm: they want at least 25 million from Atletico Madrid and will not sell for less. This resistance is Carnevali’s specialty. The risk is that the Argentine is just one of many deadweights left by Giuntoli and Comolli. In this regard, anticipating the two big investments of this market is also a way to avoid panic buying at the last minute.
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How can we forget the 58 million overall spent on Openda and Zhegrova at the last minute of the last market by Comolli even though both were clearly useless to the Bianconeri cause. Carnevali’s idea is that Openda, loaned to Lyon for only 3.5 million useful to pay his salary, remains an exception. That concrete offers arrive for Di Gregorio (29) and Gatti (28), but it is possible that the 29-year-old Vicario (favored over Suzuki, 23) and Lucumì (28) arrive before these sales, precisely to send clear messages to the surplus players. Cabal (25), in intentions, will leave room for a full-back who will not be Theo Hernandez, whose salary is unsustainable, also because Spalletti also asks for an infiltrator: Reijnders (28) on loan from Manchester City is the latest idea, but the name of Frattesi (26) remains on the table, around whom things are starting to move.
