Caceres wasn't going to take the non-EU spot. He was registered for Juve in the 2009/2010 season as a non-EU player. He couldn't have taken a non-EU spot twice.
He was considered unneeded by Del Neri and we didn't even try to negotiate the 12m eur buy option. Considering how Barca let him leave for 4 times less, if we wanted him we could have bought him for some 6m eur, which is probably less than what we'll pay now.
Point taken. Then again, if the new coach wanted to use him, the new GM would have at least tried to lower the price, I think. They decided to go Italian instead and maybe made a mistake. Now Beppes got a chance to correct one and I hope it will happen, soon.
Its a shame though, as Martin was getting some undeserved criticism, I guess mostly because of that penalty vs Bayern in CL he made. The whole team sucked that year, but some of the players took almost all the blame for it.
Anyways, I liked him here, he worked hard and played with his heart on the field, I would welcome him back, and with Conte as his coach I think he can really develop and explode soon.