As it stands, Juve have paid 3m.
Juve bought him for 6m, then immediately sold half back to Cesena for 3m.
you are wrong, we paid 6mil, they are not committed to give us back the 3mil, if they dont opt to, they just have the right to do so.
The deal means Juventus have bought the player's full rights for €6m, but they have agreed to sell half of those rights back to Cesena for €3m if they wish at a later date
We committed the 6mil for his acquisition, they will give us 3mil, IF they want to buy back his half, and then our 3mil will only mean 50% of his contract.
But they will only buy back half of his contract, if they have an interest to do it, that means, if he does well, so then, they can force us to buy his 50%, they have the option to buy back, with more money.
Its like an investment. They get the 6mil anyways and if the player does well, they will get the 50% of his new improved value.
They are not obliged to buy the 50% if he fails and then we will only lose the full 6mil and any more.
Hope that clarifies it in your mind.
And to further explain it.
His current transfer value is 6 cents, erm.. six million euros
If he fails, they will not buy back his 50% for 3mil, so we will end up paying 6mil
But if he somehow overperforms, Pepe, Quaq and Vucinic, his transfer market value will increase, to lets say 12mil.
Then they will buy his 50% with 3 mil, that actually worths 6mil (which is 50% of the 12mil)
and then, if we want to keep him and buy back his 50%, we need to pay 6mil, apart from the 3mil we already paid (6mil-3mil for the option to buy back his 50%) meaning a total loss of 9mil.
The minimum we will lose is 6mil, the maximum we will lose, is not yet known.