Juventus are ready to part ways with Dusan Vlahovic amid interest from Manchester United.
The Red Devils have suffered from a major shortage of goals this season and are said to be looking for solutions in the transfer market.
There have been links to forwards such as Randal Kolo Muani, Victor Osimhen and Viktor Gyokeres.
To fund such a deal, it has been widely reported that United could let go of Marcus Rashford, whose agent is currently in Milan, and Joshua Zirkzee.
Despite only joining in the summer, the Dutchman could be for sale and Juventus are thought to be interested in doing a swap deal between the former Bologna striker and Vlahovic.
Italian site Calciomercato report that a deal could be done this month as the Old Lady are now prepared to sell the Serbian.
“The problem for the Bianconeri is that the Serbian’s season is also more negative than positive, up to this point,” the outlet claims.
His “approval rating” amongst fans, critics and clubs is now on its way down and “in short, even in view of the future, the centrality of Dusan Vlahovic in the Juventus project is increasingly relative.”
The major issue is he doesn’t fit into the vision of how coach Thiago Motta sees football or a number nine.
Another issue is his salary which is €12 million net. Having cost the club €85 million in 2022, “he currently weighs less than half of the balance sheet and, for the right amount, Juve would not have too many problems letting him go.”
In essence, “he needs to be sold and sold well to avoid generating heavy capital losses.”
In addition, talks over a new deal are in a stalemate but the parties will talk again in February. “The agreement is complicated because the striker doesn’t want to settle for lower figures that the club itself is struggling to offer him again.”
Juventus would like to lower his fixed salary and use bonuses or spread it over more years to make his wages more affordable to the club.
Overall, the Serie A side’s biggest worry is to avoid a situation where a player who is “now clearly out of the technical project” is released for free and that they can cash in on him while he can still bring them substantial value.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
