Juventus Are Willing to Sacrifice for the Sake of Recruiting Young Italian Stars

DBasia.news – The Italian national team advanced to the knockout phase of the 2020 European Cup fantastically. Gli Azzurri – Italy’s nickname – scored six goals without conceding in two matches after winning 3-0 over Turkey and 3-0 against Switzerland.

Behind the great performance of the two games, the name of the 23-year-old player, Manuel Locatelli, is in the spotlight. The Sassuolo midfielder scored twice as Italy thrashed Switzerland and caught the attention of European scouts.

Juventus, not wanting to lose to rival teams, started an approach to Sassuolo to recruit the AC Milan academy product. According to Goal Il Bianconeri made an offer of 30 million euros plus Radu Dragusin to Sassuolo.

Sassuolo often nurture young players and develop them. Juventus saw it as the right place for Dragusin to develop his talent, especially since he was only 19 years old.

However, Juventus will also have to wait for Locatelli’s response to this interest, because currently the focus is on Euro 2020.

“(Transfer rumours) are just talk. I will decide after the European Cup. There is a very important competition to play and I am only focused on this,” said Locatelli some time ago.

“I rely on what happens on the pitch, real things, everything else is just gossip, there’s no point in talking about it.”

Midfield Strength

The return of Massimiliano Allegri to Juventus changed the situation after being previously coached by Andrea Pirlo. Allegri allegedly wants to strengthen the midfield and front lines of La Vecchia Signora.

There is the potential for one of the players in the middle to be released by Juventus such as Aaron Ramsey or Adrien Rabiot. Rejuvenation in the Juventus midfield is also a target and Locatelli is ideal to strengthen that area.

The official price is 40 million euros. However, Sassuolo will listen to the offers that come in for Locatelli, given the temptation to play at big clubs becomes a temptation for key players like Locatelli and Domenico Berardi.