https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1808499342963052594?t=Jcv0kwW7A4pcf4RXjuyZ5w&s=19

Not really surprised sadly, we either waited too long oe straight up didnt have the will or money to do it.

by skeletorbutfrench

17 comments

  1. Honestly I’m okay with this. We don’t need to suck Bologna’s dick for any player. They don’t wanna sell at a reasonable fee fine let PL clubs overpay we’ll get someone else.

    I really do like Calafiori and wish we could bring him in but the reality is as soon as PL clubs showed genuine interest we lost our chance. That’s why Chef Giuntoli was trying to get this done as quickly as possible.

  2. Arsenal has a young and great CB duo in Saliba and Gabriel and they’ll go overpay a youngster although very talented but who could struggle to adapt in a much harder league like so many italians before him? Wowsy. The silver lining is we will get him on loan next year

  3. The clowns in here mass downvoting anyone who insinuated he wouldn’t come to juve are going to be so angry…

  4. Imagine Bologna being mad at Juve like we forced Motta to move to Juve.

  5. It really does suck that we have to sneak around the transfer window to get players before a PL team catches wind of them but whatever. Money rules the world

  6. We deserve this. We took their manager and then low balled them because we banked on him pushing a transfer and getting him on the cheap. We should’ve offered 30-35m before the Euros. I just hope he wont be like Verratti

  7. Imagine choosing a shit club like arsenal over Juventus

  8. Calafiori is a superb talent, but seriously, we should not pay that price for him. 30-35 million maximum. We tried all, and I believe we still have time. Who knows what Giuntoli is cooking behind the scenes? I don’t think he will thrive at big clubs in the Premier League yet. I watched him a lot. He sometimes runs with the ball all the way from defense to almost a midfield position and even more. Bremer can do exactly the same. We’ve got the same pace and “climbs” up the field—he also has a great vision. We will get Calafiori—because if not this season, we can get him next year. Look what Giuntoli did with Thuram. Look at Kiwior. Giuntoli has action in him, but that action is also noticeable by his patience to jump right in when no one expects. Like with Douglas.

  11. Eh, we’ll survive. I was really hoping we would sign him, but overspending on players is what put us in a shitty position to begin with. Remember how Sassuolo used Locatelli’s good Euro performance to raise his price?

    Bologna was never going to sell him before the Euro – it’s the sort of competition where one good match makes the price of a player levitate.

    We’ll do without him, though I do hope we keep Huijsen at this point.

  12. I mean, it could potentially be a good thing? I know Huijsen isn’t at the level calafiori is, but he shows a lot of promise and maybe Motta can help develop his skills

  15. Here’s a big thing for Bologna that I haven’t seen mentioned yet- they have to give Basel 40 or 50% of the sale. That’s why they have to go with highest bid. I like Calafiori, 50mil is a lot but also you’re getting a young player for many years

  16. I just want guntioli to bring back ItalJuve and this would have been a great step forward to reaching that.

    this inter core for euros was not it clearly.

  17. Very hot take

    Calafiori definitely has shown potential but let’s not forget three very important things:

    – He was offloaded by Roma for cheap because he was very injury prone

    – Bologna buying him from Basel with like a 40% re-sale clause almost always means the player has potential but isn’t expected to become world class

    – He had a good season at Bologna but it wasn’t particularly world class. Football is a team sport, it wasn’t only him that managed to get Bologna CL. More than anything, everyone now associates him with the zaccagni assist and that was brilliant, but it’s not like it defines how good he really can be. Just YouTube Bakkali’s hat trick, one game wonder, but still somehow ended up in fifa managers mode best potential players and was very hyped.
    Long story short, buying hype is bad business.

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