TURIN – If the market it inexorably conditions the results of the field, the results of the field are equally capable of opening and closing the paths of the market. Measurement success accrued since Southampton in the final of the Championship playoffs at the expense of Leedsfor example, is already reverberating its own reflections on the moves and thoughts of Giuntoli, whose contacts with the Saints management have never been as intense as these days. Ultimately, there isn’t just one player at stake between the two clubs.
The first profile around which the reflections are nesting, naturally, is that of Carlos Alcaraz, a midfielder owned by the English and in recent months on loan to the Bianconeri. “Charly” didn’t leave his mark in Turin, either because he was still immature or because he was also affected by an injury. But it’s common opinion, anyway Continuewhat a classy boy 2002 was not managed in the most profitable way to try to capitalize on the winter investment, which had seen the Juventus director bring him to Italy through an expensive loan. This is why, despite everything, the idea of keeping him in the squad for another season, provided a new temporary operation is agreed upon, has not yet faded.
Alcaraz showed some traces of tactical anarchy, true, but he also gave a glimpse of offensive qualities that – in a chessboard set up by Thiago Motta – they could exalt him in a “Ferguson-style” role, therefore with license to strike forward. The Argentine would not take on the role of the leading actor, at least not immediately, which is why the operation should be proportionate and conclude with a “creative” and inexpensive move on Giuntoli’s part. But it is precisely here that the results on the pitch come in: the promotion of the Saints to the Premier League, in fact, makes the plans of the Juventus club more complicated, as they have no intention of redeeming the boy for the approximately 50 million agreed in January. In short, a complex operation, but the evaluations are still ongoing. Also because it is widely believed that, this time, Alcaraz could blend well with the tactical project that he is dawning.
