A major point of contention in Italian football revolves around Juventus’ proposal to trade Dusan Vlahovic to Chelsea in exchange for Romelu Lukaku, along with a monetary sum.
Juventus believes that Lukaku, given his playing style, would be a more suitable fit for their team and potentially expedite their success.
Since his move to Juventus last year, Vlahovic has struggled to establish himself and doesn’t appear to align with Allegri’s tactical plans. Allegri is committed to working only with players whom he deems capable of contributing positively to the team’s performance, and Lukaku aligns with this vision.
Romelu Lukaku played a pivotal role in Inter Milan’s Serie A victory in 2021 and has enjoyed his time living and competing in Italy. This makes Juventus’ consideration of him a potentially wise move.
However, former player Luca Toni holds a differing opinion. He suggests that Juventus should retain the younger Vlahovic, emphasising his potential and the perspective he brings. T
He said via Tuttomercatoweb:
“I’m keeping the class of 2000. He’s younger and has a better perspective”.
Adding: “Not to mention that, after a season like the last one in which he had some physical he hasn’t made it for all his qualities, he will surely have a lot of anger in his body and a great desire to redeem himself. Reasons that make me think that he will play an excellent season”.
Juve FC Says
Vlahovic is much younger and has room for growth, but we do not have so much time to wait for that to happen.
Lukaku is a striker who can make an immediate impact, while we have to wait for DV9 to get better and reach his full potential.
Everyone but Juventus can see that keeping Vlahovic and not buying old Lukaku is the only way.
The same goes for Chiesa and Bremer.
Hey Martin, what happens when you trade young Vhalovic for old Lukaku and they don’t win Serie A. And management realizes that Allegri needs to be fired? Then what? You just traded your future for a one season shot at a league title? The fact you keep pushing for this, proves you have totally lost your mind.
And who would you sell or what would you do to plug the massive 120 mil euro financial hole?
Its very big difference between that you sell Vlahovic or trade him with a guy whos paycheck is three times bigger and you cant sell him never(cause no one won’t buy him)if thinks dont go well.
Ale, see below
Firstly Allegri in the first place or possibly some others above him. They rather lose 120 mil € sticking with Allegri than firing him in December and lose 40 mil €.
But since we cannot change past I would first cut all dead wood starting to sacrifice deadwoods even if that means including Pogba (I still hoping he will shake off being injury prone) or at least if nothing will fill that hole to change the board (excluding Guintoli) by selling the club. After all are their mistake giving Allegri such a contract when re-hired and with all this changing philosophy ( becoming more attacking &attractive) and quiting fom the idea after first two years. By rehiring Allegri all those changes (phillosophy and coaches) was then pointless, only creating a Kaos in identification.
Ale, that’s the bigger problem. There is no instant solution to a 120 million dollar hole. There are various reasons for the financial problems this club faces, Covid, Ronaldo, bad contracts, bad signings, but selling your young players for aging ones with big contracts is not a solution. It’s a band-aid, no matter what you get at the beginning. You start by putting a nucleus of a team together, young players that grow together, Chiesa, Vhalovic, Locatelli, Miretti, Fagioli, Bremer, Iling, Rovella. You hire a manager who teaches and isn’t rigid in his ways. You offload expensive contracts and fill with quality role players. If this means taking a step backwards, so be it. Juve can’t go any further backwards than it already is, thanks to previous management and its current coach. So instead of trying to recoup all of it in one big wrong move, you make sound team decisions in small ones. You show faith in your young players and work your way back to the big dance. That’s my opinion on how this should be handled.
Great opinion!