Juventus are on the verge of completing the signing of Cesena sensation Stefano Sensi.
The young starlet has been in fine form for the Serie B side this season and Sky Italia are reporting that Juve are close to completing a deal that would see him join the Bianconeri at a future date.
Transfer guru Gianluca Di Marzio suggests that the Bianconeri will work in conjunction with Sassuolo to purchase the player with the Neroverdi paying Cesena €5 million for the midfielder. Juve will then pay Sassuolo an as yet undetermined price to bring the player to Turin in the long term.
It’s yet to be decided whether Sassuolo will bring Sensi to the club in January or whether he will remain at Cesena until the end of the season.
Juve clearly have one eye on the future, completing deals for Sensi and Rolando Mandragora in the last week while their new focus could be Marcello Trotta.
The former Napoli youth product has been in fine form for Avellino in Serie B, scoring 5 goals so far this season. Juve could work with Frosinone to complete a deal similar to the one used in the Sensi deal.
Juve have had a long-standing interest in Trotta, dating back to last year when his agent confirmed the Bianconeri’s interest.
“Yes, there’s interest from the Bianconeri,” Giuseppe Trotta, the striker’s brother and agent revealed in an interview with Tuttomercatoweb in April 2015.
“It’s something we have to look into. Obviously he’s an Avellino player, and they’ll make their choices.
“Obviously we’re very flattered by the interest, as Juventus are very good at spotting young talent, just look at [Domenico] Berardi or [Daniele] Rugani.”
Anyone who thinks Trotta is Juve material is delusional.
what makes you say that ? Genuine question as i’ve only seen him in snatches.
Seems to have a lot of buzz around him. someone compared him to Zaza – a battering ram of a striker in some ways.
Would like to hear your thoughts.
You just nailed it; he is being compared to Zaza (Who isn’t good enough for Juve either)
thats where we’ll agree to disagree – I rate Zaza very highly. I think he’s a great striker. Smash and grab type, not artistic. More of a jackson pollack while Dybala is a monet
I agree here about Zaza. Mostly. He is one dimensional, but he is really good in what he does. Brings value to the team, but I wouldnt put him in a starting XI for big games
I’m more towards your thinking here, Chief. And I will write a piece on Zaza before the season is out.
I’ve been following him since he was at Ascoli. He used to remind me a little of Vialli, yet that comparison has vanished since seeing more of him over the years. Allegri has seemingly isolated his strengths, and has been using him very well indeed, hence 6 goals from 11 appearances totalling 380 minutes. His goals per minutes of 1 every 63 minutes is impressive. I like him. And when you see a player such as Giroud at Arsenal pretty much performing a similar role, as in an old school centre forward, I am convinced there remains value for this kind of player at the top level. As with Giroud, Zaza offers very few assists, as his main job is to get on the end of moves and finish. Judging him on that measure, its hard to say he has been a failure of a signing.
Young enough to further improve, his first season at an elite club is going fine.
agree wholeheartedly with you and i would love to read your thoughts on him comrade.
There’s a great scene in a TV show called the wire where a character says ‘You need a ‘Day of jackal’ type to get this done, not a ‘rumble-tumble’ type’.
Zaza is just that – he’s a rumble-tumble type – one who does a particular job in a particular way. He may not be a finesse player with all the attractive flicks and tricks…..but he will run at goal and score given half a chance. Thats what he’s supposed to do.
They might be worlds apart, but i remember a game in the CL back in 2002/03 (i think) – was it Deportivo ? i forget now….but a certain David Trezeguet was driving me mad. A friend turned to me and said ‘Thats what he does. Thats Trezeguet. He’s not going to track back, he’s there to score goals. Let him do his job’.
I see that in Zaza as well – granted, we’re more of a ‘team’ now and there’s more emphasis on working closely together….but sometimes, you need a rumble tumble type, just like Simone
Don’t get me wrong. Zaza isn’t bad. But Juventus need a Suarez class player. He is not that as far as I’m concerned.
Excited about these Sensi stories. Really like the approach we are taking – Buying local players who know the value of the black and white shirt.
Long term, a strong Juve means a stong italy XI and many of these players have been capped at intl’ level.
look at this and tell me Marotta doesn;t know what he’s doing