Official: Caceres is Bianconero
Martin Caceres has joined Juventus on loan from Barcelona with an option to buy for £9m, but teammate Nicola Legrottaglie isn’t happy.
The defender is already in training with his new teammates and passed his medical, but Barça waited until last night to confirm the transfer had been completed.
Caceres will spend a year on loan in Turin and Juve can exercise their option to buy him outright for £9m, announced the Spanish club.
Nearly another £1m is payable depending on the performances of the 22-year-old Uruguayan in this opening season.
Caceres can play in central defence or at right-back, which is most likely where he will be used due to the presence of Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Cannavaro and Legrottaglie.
The former Chievo defender confessed to being less than pleased with Juve’s transfer strategy of signing both Caceres and Cannavaro.
“I cannot deny that after a year in which Chiellini and I proved we are one of the best central defensive pairings around, it was disappointing,” commented Legrottaglie.
“That does not mean I don’t respect Fabio or want to leave Juve. In fact, my intention is to stay here until the end of my career and fight for my place in the World Cup squad.”
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