I would be lying if i say i am not excited to see Higuain in Juventus. I always thought Madrid made a mistake by selling him instead of Benzema. But for what reason we are willing to pay this abominable fee? Serie A is already in bag. Was it lack of goals that eliminated us from CL? It was overall performance of team which was no better than St Pauli's performance against Bayern. With Morata and Cuadrado gone and Pogba likely leaving, our overall performance will suck even more as we lose three of our very a few players who can make difference.
napoli would have been more than willing to negotiate for their 29 years old striker whom openly declared his desire to leave and having fights with their president. getting a player by activating the release clause is not an achievement. release clauses are not supposed to be paid, they are mostly symbolic. marotta is there to negotiate, if he doesn't negotiate, there is no reason for him to get paid millions by the club. driver of team bus can buy higuain too if we are to pay release clause.
This is an economical sacrifice never seen in history of Juventus. He is twice more expensive than our most expensive signing. And did we have better players than Higuain in Juventus before? Many. If you check the list of most expensive transfers in history, almost all of them was investments with resale value. How are we going to get an amount anywhere close to what are we paying when/if it is needed?
Some might say: ''Who cares about money, just enjoy the show.'' But i know for a fact, this ''sacrifice'' will reduce the quality of our signing for years to come and we will miss some of more interesting opportunities like Gabriel Jesus.
Last but not least, reports say he is going to earn 7.5 million € per year. What happened to the salary cap strictly kept by club for many years. You know what happens when bypass it once. Many others will want same wage when signing new contracts and if they don't get it, they will cause problems in team. This will have an negative impact on club's finance for many years to come.