In the current day and age, bringing in excellent football players isn’t enough for the top European clubs.
In order to keep the books balanced, the clubs must find themselves marketable stars who can attract the interest of the casual fans and boost merchandise sales.
That is why Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival to Juventus in 2018 was a groundbreaking move in every aspect of the sport.
However, the Portuguese left Turin last summer in favor of a return to Manchester United.
The departure of CR7 created a major hole within the club. The Bianconeri lost a player who can score 30+ goals per season, as well one of the most recognizable names in sport’s history.
But according to Tuttosport via ilBianconero, Juventus are hoping to make up for it with the addition of Dusan Vlahovic.
The 22-year-old sealed the biggest switch of January when he left Fiorentina in order to join Max Allegri’s squad.
But while the Serbian is a different beast from the Portuguese legend, the management believes that he has the making of a global star.
Therefore, Vlahovic isn’t in Turin just to score goals, but also to become the main face of the club.
The report adds how the Bianconeri are already embracing the new acronym “DV7”, and are trying to capitalize on his presence to attract the fans to the stadium when they host Hellas Verona on Sunday night.
??? Ronaldo’s heir….
Really?
You want Vlahovic to focus on his goals, making everybody pass to him, so that he gets a lot of goals BUT the teams does worse
Is that what you want?
I for one certainly hope doesn’t destroy us as much as Ronaldo did BUT helps the team…
If that happens (he helps the team performing better), then he’s not Ronaldo’s heir BUT rather Mandzukic or Higuain’s heir.
Let’s hope he doesn’t turn out to be Ronaldo’s heir!
i`m not really sure where these people get the idea that ronno was a positive for us or a good idea, or that he will be remembered fondly for nearly destroying our club financially and costing us ten in a row lol
ronaldo has not left any kind of positive imprint on this club, very strange. not even everyone was convinced by him and i certainly wasn`t. Vlaho is far superior to the old man, and the fact he`s won more is because he`s a lot OLDER. Vlaho wants to be here, and doesn`t think he`s better than the teams he`s in that`s the difference. the media needs to forget about ronno as much as we have. Vlaho has his own better path and is in no one`s shadow. and talking of portuguese posers, congratulations on not scoring against Middlesbrough by the way, and we`re STILL going with the goals he DESTROYED THE DNA AND GOAL DIFFERENCE for still? really? even though we`re playing better and not struggling for points.
I’m wondeting that too.
Where do they get that idea?
Ronaldo was a disaster for Juve anyway you look at it (execpt for Twitter followers)