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Ten days. At the media level, this was the time it took for Juventus to close the deal with Cristiano Ronaldo. The coup of the century, the most complicated transfers in recent years, the purchase that should be the benchmark. Because they can’t be made more important than that. Ten days between the first journalistic advance and the official status of the Portuguese. It was a very short step from suggestion to reality. And the Juventus leaders had been working on it for some time, it is clear. But between the time they made it clear what their goal was and the time they took him to Turin, only ten days passed. Nothing special compared to this summer’s soap opera.
Juve is late, at number 9. One had it and packed it for the United States, although Higuaín at Inter Miami is not yet official. Why? And who knows. The Argentine was a closed chapter, although getting rid of him like that will not be, except for surprises, a big problem. His heir is a book yet to be written. In such an anomalous market, some difficulties are more than understandable. Money was scarce before and it is even less so now, which is about small coins. But all of this is really enough to explain times so far removed from the Bianconeri modus operandi.
The impression is that the occasion of Luis Suárez has spoiled the plans. When a rift opened for the Uruguayan, a very champion although in a waning phase, everything else went to the background. Although the negotiation to get him away from Barcelona was and is far from easy: the player is convinced to accept Juve, solid sources say. But the passport seemed like a no-brainer, and it’s turning out to be a paema. The resolution with the Catalans ditto and it is not certain that this speech will accelerate. If Suarez arrives, the wait will still be worth it: not because of the impact on the team, which is unpredictable, but because Juve would have hit the mark. Otherwise, having come so close to the championship without a center forward in the team will pose a risk in a season that is already born with the risk of having a rookie on the bench.
It is not a delay of Juve, unless from Turin they are making fun of everyone and in the end they take the rabbit out of the hat. Yes, that would look a lot like Juve, but for now there are no signs. Suárez, Dzeko, Milik, Morata, Cavani, even Giroud: there have been many names. The Uruguayan is the greedy affair, the Bosnian the one that would be more functional for the team. As long as you get there, at this point. Because not only the championship is approaching, but also on October 5, the closing of the transfer market. And Juve doesn’t just need a center forward.
The soap opera number 9, in fact, is obscuring other needs of a team that has shown some limits, net of the probable incompatibility with Sarri. A department first? The midfield, easy to say. He showed clear signs of difficulty last season and including Arthur for Pjanic may not be enough. But Khedira is always there, Ramsey is not tempting, Rabiot is unlikely to move. Then there are other questions: the sides, for example. To date Cuadrado and De Sciglio, Alex Sandro and Pellegrini. Except for the Colombian, they all end up in intermittent market rumors: will they stay or not? And if not, where will you go fishing? Without addressing the offensive external subject: Douglas Costa is a question mark, for example. It is not all to be thrown away, of course: we are talking about the team that won the Scudetto last year. It is not the Juve trial. But the delay on number 9 is spreading to other departments as well. And Juve for a couple of years has often seemed like a difficult team to train. Allegri dominated it, Sarri a little less but still won. Pirlo has many challenges to overcome: to help him, we must accelerate. Of course, it would be Juve.
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