14 Jul 2016 22:45:46
For those of you who'd like us to sign Gabriel Barbosa, Di Marzio's got some bad news. Apparently Juventus have an agreement with the player and now have to agree a deal with the club. So it'd seem that he's closer to joining them, and unlikely to join Chelsea.
While I'd definitely have liked him myself, I don't think another attacking player is a necessity right now. Hopefully a CM and CB will join soon.
15 Jul 2016 05:22:43
I wonder why it's so easy for Juve to get an agreement for players while we always take forever in similar situations. Same thing happened with Pjanic whom we had a free ride for but couldn't agree terms for since january but took juve just a little while to get him and now the same is happening here with a player we've been scouting for over a season and can't seem to get an agreement on for his signature. Sucks.
15 Jul 2016 06:23:24
Bayern too. They always finish things so fast and out of sudden. Our negotiation team should work that way.
15 Jul 2016 06:47:37
Because they are elite clubs who are far far bigger than Chelsea! They are teams that you dream of playing for.
15 Jul 2016 08:16:03
Juve may be bigger than chelsea but they are not more financially buoyant than chelsea.
15 Jul 2016 09:24:00
Di Marzio isn't always right. No-one seems to know what is happening with Gabriel right now, his agent is touting him around trying to get the best possible deal for himself. And personally I would rather see Traore, Abraham, Solanke or Kenedy get his minutes.
15 Jul 2016 09:38:20
There's big ownership issues around Barbosa. From what I've heard Santos owns a %, a third party owns a % and Barbosa himself owns a %. Juventus are believed to be more willing to deal with the ownership issues than we are.
We're (apparently) willing to spend 25m on a whole package whilst, so far, Juve have (apparently) offered 16m just for Santos's %. That's more than they'd get out of the share of our 25m offer. Barbosa himself holds an invested interest in his sale price as he will be getting a sizeable chunk of it too. Juventus being willing to (apparently) deal with his % as a seperate entity means he can negotiate a higher price with them - that'll probably make them a more favourable option to him.
Don't know how much truth there is in that, just passing on what I've heard.