Multiple reports claim Juventus will buy Miralem Pjanic for €38m, though only €30.4m goes to Roma, after agreeing a five-year contract.
The midfielder has a release clause in his contract with Roma allowing him to walk away if someone pays €38m.
However, it emerged that if the clause is activated, then somewhere between 15 and 20 per cent of that transfer fee will go to the player.
Multiple reports claim Juventus will buy Miralem Pjanic for €38m, though only €30.4m goes to Roma, after agreeing a five-year contract.
The midfielder has a release clause in his contract with Roma allowing him to walk away if someone pays €38m.
However, it emerged that if the clause is activated, then somewhere between 15 and 20 per cent of that transfer fee will go to the player.
That means Roma will only get €30.4m from the sale of one of their star players, calculate Sky Sport Italia.
It is also reported that today Juventus directors Beppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici were in Rome for talks with Pjanic, agreeing personal terms for a five-year contract worth €4.5m per season plus bonuses.
Pjanic was going to favour overseas options so as not to strengthen Roma's rivals, but Juve were the only ones genuinely prepared to pay the release clause.
At the same time, losing Pjanic suggests Roma will not give in to Chelsea courtship of Radja Nainggolan for less than the €45m asking price.
So far Antonio Conte’s Chelsea have offered €35m.
According to Mediaset Premium, it was Roma who pushed to speed up the Pjanic negotiations with Juventus after Antonio Rudiger's injury.
They had been ready to sell Rudiger to Chelsea for €30m, but as he is out for six months with a torn ACL, the club had to get cash elsewhere.
Pjanic had this clause in his contract, so Roma preferred to focus on keeping players they have more control over.