Why? When was the last time Serie A signed a top player at the peak of his age? Lets not mention Higuain now when we obviously signed him after having Pogba's funds.
Name me like 5 'big name' transfers that Serie A had over the past 10 years. Old Ronaldinho? Or old Beckham? Tevez?
Serie A clubs at this point can only sign youth with big potential. Or old fading stars.
Forget the fact that we signed him with Pogba funds. We signed him for freaking €90M. Like €40M more than our biggest transfer ever. And what about Pjanić? He's obviously in his prime and a top player.
When we signed Buffon, Nedved and Thuram in 2001, it was also funded through big sales (Zidane and Inzaghi) so how is this present scenario any different to 2001 ?
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All I'm trying to say is its not that far fetched to see us splash big money on Verratti if they think it's worth it. You saying we'll get him when he's only a fading star is underestimating Juve's financial capability and pulling power.
This is why I say Higuaín signing was an absolute statement signing. You would never imagine in your dreams that Juve would pay that much for one player especially of his age even if they had the funds
And it's not like we're talking about some German or Spanish player. We're talking about an Italian player whose dream is to play for Juventus literally.