Juventus have completed the signing of Sami Khedira on a free transfer.
The German midfielder has long been expected to complete a move to Turin and the club announced his transfer earlier today via their official website:
“The 28-year-old, who will officially join from Real Madrid on a free transfer on 1 July 2015, has agreed terms on a four-year contract which expires on 30 June 2019.
Born in Stuttgart, Khedira progressed through the youth sector of his local side before making his professional debut in a Bundesliga encounter against Hertha Berlin on 1 October 2006.
Following four seasons and a championship winners’ medal, the midfielder left for Real Madrid in the summer of 2010, a club with whom he would go on to achieve success in La Liga, the Copa del Rey (twice), the Supercopa de Espana, the UEFA Super Cup, the Champions League and the Club World Cup.
On the international scene, he captained Germany Under-21s to European Championship glory in 2009 before also being part of the Die Mannschaft squad which won the World Cup at last year’s tournament in Brazil.
Khedira, who is normally deployed in front of the defence as a ball-winning midfielder, is able to cover a lot of ground while also possessing excellent passing and shooting ability, and great vision of the game.
Bianconeri boss Massimiliano Allegri is set to add a player of class, quality and international experience to his ranks, ready to enrich one of the strongest midfields in world football.”
Khedira becomes Juve’s second signing this summer, with Paulo Dybala having completed his medical last week.
So anyone else gonna joinme in my journey to turin, so i could physically kiss Marottas magical eye?
After all the trash we gave him last summer, hes returned it with spoiling us…
Marchisio, Vidal, Pogba, Pereyra, Sturaro and mow Khedira? Doubt theres a midfield stronger and deeper than ours.
And he’s beginning to see the value of splashing some more cash on well documented, quality players! Now just be able to sell them too and it’s perfect xD
My only problem is that we have a lot of box to box destroyer types. Pereyra is the only attacking midfielder. Agree with you nonetheless
Khedira, Marchisio, Pogba, Vidal, Pirlo
Combined cost ? £11m
Thats a beast of a midfield for next season
Romeo Agresti reporting that Pirlo is moving to NY and he’s usually pretty accurate unfortunately
There was a lot of talk of this – then they said Sydney. Romeo is almost always right….but theres a chance Pirlo might stay. I hope he does
Agreed. Always a good thing to have a player like him in your squad. Also starting to worry a little about Tevez too.
What are peoples thoughts on Pirlo ? It it time for him to move on ?
I think so. As much as I love Pirlo, the team on the pitch would be better off without him now. No one could have said that in years past, but this year has shown that to be true. Pirlo leaving will also free Allegri to make decisions based on merit instead of legacy. Of course, he shouldn’t be forced out. Thankfully, Pirlo doesn’t seem like the kind of player who will overstay his welcome.
Well, Marchisio replaced him quite well whenever he played instead, so if Pirlo doesn’t want to be a back up, I think he should leave to earn ridiculous amount of money somewhere.
Heartbroken by Pirlos tears, but he has been in decline. Marchisio did an excellent job “filling” in for him. I feel the only seperating Marchisio and Pirlo is charisma. Marchisio too has rhe ability to split open defenses with a single pass, has great technique(but doesnt show it often) and i as an overall masterclass midfielder. I dont think im being biased towards Marchisio, he truly makes a huge impact, but gets little credit for it and i think its time we let him join Gigi in leading this amzing group of players to glory.
I honestly dont mind Pirlo staying, but he cant just start because hes Pirlo. Pereyra deserved the start ahead of him in the final. He and Marchisio imo were our two top midfielders this season.
He needs to go to the MLS where he can play 2-3 more seasons. Marchisio, Khedira and Pereyra can all slot in if need be.
I dont mind him staying, he is still a great player with the best vision and a great free kick taker. That being said, I think he should be a sub or play the easier matches now.
He slows down the game when we need it to speed up, he loses the ball in front of our defense sometimes and that just cant happen in big games.
I love Pirlo but whatever happens now, whether he stays or leaves, I’m okay with it
Pirlo is way to slow. He really should go.
Dybala, Khedira so far, and Rugani should be officially ours July 1. Pretty good summer. Now to buy Berardi and Zaza, and cancel the Morata buy-back. Still need a LB and a CM for the, more than likely, departing Pirlo and Pogba/Vidal. Darmian and Allan should do.
That would be pretty damn good.
Why are you so sure one of them leaves? You make it sound like a given
It seems very likely, by adding Khedira and still looking for another that one or two of the current midfielders will leave us
I would hate to see Vidal or Pogba leave this summer. I know financially speaking it would be best to sell Vidal now but I would hate to see him go
Same here, but if it has to be one, better Vidal than Pogba. Vidal’s value will only go down from here, with age working against him soon. Pogba can only grow more
Agreed. Marotta just had an interview where he said that Benitez is going to be asking for him since they’re good friends. If we could milk RM for a lot of $$ then I would do it. He also said that Tevez is more likely to leave than Pirlo is which seems a little concerning to me
Vidal should at the very least generate 40mill before you let him go, Pogba twice that much.
Yeah Tevez just has to stay here, he’s too good to move to Boca juniors and he’s settled in at Juve and Turin, I don’t see why he should leave. Not for the money too, he already has more than he can spend in a lifetime
Rumors that Mandzukic would be his replacement and idk if I like that. Different types of players i guess. But anyway lets hope carlitos stays one more year
Not really what I would want either, but I’d go for it anyway, mainly to be a mentor for the young strikers
Does anyone know what number Dybala will take? I hope it’s 11 or 16…
My guess is 7 with Pepe going
But I don’t want Pepe to go…
I think his contract is expiring this summer?
That’s just tragic… His potential ruined by injury… Second best free kick taker in the squad…
Better than Tevez? He had that beauty against Roma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FZLJJiPWp8
I may have a slight Italian bias but Pepe is a damn good free kick taker…
Oh by all means I love the guy. Apparently him and Pirlo are the biggest pranksters in the locker room and he seems to get along great with everybody. He just doesn’t really have a spot anymore so I don’t see him coming back
Hate to admit its true that he doesn’t have a spot but its just terribly sad to see him leave… I hope he stays in Series A at Udinese or something… Or joins West Ham…
Whats the deal with all these tevez rumors looking for a new challenge
atletico madrid n psg involved
haha I don’t like it at all
https://football-italia.net/67602/juventus-cagliari-nainggolan-deal
No. Nainggolan is a waste, and 18m + a player + another on loan is too much for a slightly above average 27 yr old. Allan would be 16-18m, and is younger, and better. He was the best box to box in Serie A this season, hands down. Nainggolan was maybe 4-5th best. Use your damn head Marotta. I want the next Vidal, not the next Christian Poulsen.
Agreed, I think Nainggolan is completely overrated, he’s not even close to Vidal.
Not worth that money at that age with better alternatives on the market
I know it’s a real pain in the arse, but i started a new thread because Beppe Marotta made some really important statements about the players futures today.
https://www.juvefc.com/marotta-pirlo-and-pogba-want-to-stay-tevez/