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Seems like a fair and neutral source. But seriously, it's good he is doing well.

I think a lot of it is in firstly the model of the club and how it operates, and then the culture of developing young players. Some teams like Ajax for example are never going to lose the latter. For the former you have teams like Dortmund or the Portuguese clubs as examples. If you said to them...

Yeah it's obvious that other clubs and managers do better than us but this issue has been discussed a lot, we always have a lot of experienced players, internationals, and tend to buy a lot of young players in because the ones we produce aren't often that great. Who knows, the likes of Fagioli...

Harvey Elliott is a wonderkid though. I think sometimes we confuse our good youngsters for the same.

First I've heard Rovella being called one of our best players. We've got too many midfielders, just ones with the wrong quality or not enough of it.

The best thing is we've hardly got a DM in our first team squad.

Yeah but he might not even play a minute here, it wouldn't be the first time this has happened on one of these deals.

He's definitely a worker and likes to break up play but I think you're underrating his technical ability a little. He is tidy and has a nice passing range (a very good diagonal), good vision. Problem is he gets a little bit too involved in the niggly stuff and doesn't manage the game well. Still...

It's an additional €20m in potential bonuses, so we could pay as much as €38m for him.

Didn't have the best game, I've seen him play better, but even when he gets beaten or makes a mistake he comes back for more, doesn't just disappear. He has personality on the ball as well, he'll learn.

Criscito: ‘Rovella similar to Jorginho’ By Football Italia staff Domenico Criscito says new Juventus signing Nicolò Rovella is similar to Jorginho: ‘He is in love with the ball.’ In January, Juventus signed Rovella in a swap deal with Elia Petrelli and Manolo Portanova, but the 19-year-old...

No because the loan agreement is for him to play at Genoa next season. If you're asking if he's good enough to be part of the squad then I'd say yes, but he would be better with another season of playing.

You're right on those deals but both Lazio and Parma declined because of financial scandals at Cirio and Parmalat respectively.

Yeah but for argument's sake I was just including the initial fees. I'd imagine that if the bonuses are things like 25 or 50 appearances plus Genoa staying up/Juve making CL then there is slightly more chance of the Genoa ones being triggered, and sooner. As we don't know what the bonuses are...

I noticed Agresti giving us shit for "paying €38m" for a player we "could have taken for nothing", criticising Agnelli for hypocrisy after he spoke about financial constraints within football. That's a lot of presuming. It's suggesting that without the Juve deal in the background Rovella is...

Is he out of the team because his head is not focused right now? Seems odd to not play him for a minute of these last games.

Kulu was more impressive than Rovella has been, but also there is more space in the wing/attack position when Kulu arrived than there is in CM now. I think eventually you'll see Rabiot and Ramsey leaving, but only Rabiot plays in a position fairly similar to Rovella (and now Fagioli). For...

He has personality and quality and it's a problem position for us so I'd say he has a fair chance. A strong season from him next year and it'll put pressure on our inconsistent, higher-profile players in that area. Rabiot, firstly.

We're presuming that he wasn't just going to re-sign with Genoa. He most likely was as he seems happy there, he plays, and he's 19. So when Juve show their interest and the deal is going ahead we are treating it like he has a normal contract, and for Genoa there is no point in negotiating a...

Nicolò Rovella says signing for Juventus is an ‘important step’ for his career, but insists Genoa remain his priority. The 19-year-old has signed with the Old Lady in a swap deal with Elia Petrelli and Manolo Portanova, but he would only move to the Allianz Stadium at the end of the season...