@FlavioJuve
I do know the appeal, we have our own Cruyff fanbase too. Playing the right way, DreamTeam and so forth. Laudrup, Koeman, Stoichkov, Romario... Then came Capello and the dream team got 'real tired'.
It's all nice and good to add bonuses, but unless they are for breathing they are still bonuses. Taxes are even more important.
Want a recent 'trigger' to get him over here? Well, let's try that - you claim they're building the team around him, after Messi (of course) and he's been told so(supposedly) by Eric Abidal. How is then Messi going and calling him out unprofessional sounds to you? How much an endorsement would it have been for, say De Ligt, if CR7 shared similar opinions on his treatment here. Marque player and all... Maybe, 'I think facts'?
On the other hand: Since the whole fiasco started and apparently Pjanic is either exchanging benches or he is going to be a starter for Barcelona - Arthur camp went out of their way to reaffirm his commitment with Barcelona(imho another reason to snub him, since with Pjanic there he would be eating even more bench with carefree attitude), De Jong's did not. We are as rich as a club gets, just never gonna admit it. No one does. Our president is head of ECA, known as the 'Standard&Poor Club' ffs. Would we get De Jong - probably not. But the only reason we should be sniffing grass next to Arthur is there is no other humane way of offloading Pjanic without heavy losses. And if we want to win things we should strive for the best players as it send a powerful echo out there.
PS: Just to reaffirm I actually liked Arthur a lot, but there is something about his attitude (Verratti-esque) that just makes me think he won't climb the mountain. As a Juve fan I would be happy for him to come here and prove me dead wrong.