Juventus have been the favourites to signal Riccardo Calafiori earlier than Euro 2024, and the defender was eager on becoming a member of them.
Nevertheless, following his performances on the competitors, Arsenal moved forward of Juve and reached an settlement with him on private phrases.
The defender is among the high Italian abilities obtainable, and Bologna most popular to promote him to a membership overseas.
This might imply more cash for them as they’re insisting on receiving 50 million euros earlier than permitting him to depart.
Arsenal seems keen to come back near paying that charge, not like Juventus, who’ve exited the race.
Calafiori merely proved too costly for Juve, and the Bianconeri are actually specializing in different gamers. Massimo Pavan believes that not promoting him to Juventus is a loss for Bologna and explains why.
He stated, as quoted by Tuttojuve:
“Bologna screwed itself over Calafiori, promoting the participant for 40 million money and having to provide half of that to Basel by contract, mainly it screwed itself over as a result of it solely earned 20 million. What it might have executed was settle for 20/25 from Juve, incomes 12.5, after which borrow two younger gamers or Miretti himself on favorable phrases, paying them possibly much less or setting a buyout decrease than the precise worth.”
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Calafiori would have beloved to play for us, particularly as a result of he has labored with Thiago Motta.
Nevertheless, the defender will earn a much bigger wage from taking part in for Arsenal, which might be his primary aim.
