Bilbao didn't want to sell. So the only option would have been to pay the amount set in the buyout clause, which we didn't/couldn't afford.
In my opinion it's hard to tell, what impact he could have at Juve. He definitely is in a low now, but he could explode after arriving in Torino just because of the sheer happiness after leaving Bilbao. You never know. At the moment I don't think we need a tank, but rather a Reus type of player, or a Giovinco who scores