The new CEO who came over from Sassuolo is very much looking to take advantage of a deal that he helped negotiate a couple of years ago. Of course, it’s a little different kind of impact and scale to things now.
And for a different team, too.
Juventus are very much in talks to bring Tarik Muharemović back to Turin following new Juventus CEO Giovanni Carnevali signing the young Bosnian center back two years ago on an initial loan deal. Juve, as we are well aware of at this point when it comes to possibility
of Muharemović returning this summer, have a 50% sell-on clause worked into Sassuolo’s option to buy that they took up last summer. That, as you can do the math, basically works out to a 50% discount for Juventus — which it looks like Carnevali is trying to take full advantage of this summer. Juventus have reportedly upped their offer to €30 million, according to Romeo Agresti and others, with Sassuolo still deeming that to be too low of a figure.
But, to steal another buzzword about negotiations, talks are “progressing” as Juventus and Sassuolo try to find some sort of middle ground and agree to a valuation that will make both parties happy.
Muharemović, who was previously targeted by Inter Milan before Juventus came calling, has “accepted the return to Turin,” according to Matteo Moretto. Juventus are reportedly offering the 22-year-old Muharemović a five-year contract if he were to sign with the club this summer.
This is the kind of deal we’ve rarely seen Juventus actually have available to them simply because a 50% sell-on clauses aren’t things that their front office, no matter who is in charge, usually do. And when you consider that fact that Carnevali knows the player as well as anybody and can get a major discount, it’s clearly adding up to being the kind of opportunity that he feels he can’t pass up.
With Muharemović and Bosnia-Herzegovina now out of the World Cup after losing 2-0 to Weston McKennie and the United States on Wednesday, this could very well be a deal that accelerates quickly and we’re talking about an agreement being found in relatively short order. But, as we know from other negotiations with Sassuolo — and Carnevali being on the other end of it — that doesn’t always follow logical lines of thinking.
So now we see how long it takes for Juventus and Sassuolo to come to an agreement for Muharemović. They’re certainly talking about it — and that’s something that you can’t deny at this point.
