Juventus are set to receive a significant capital gain from the imminent sale of Denis Zakaria to Monaco, despite a rocky 18 months on the Bianconeri’s books for the Swiss international.
On Thursday, it was confirmed that Juventus had reached an agreement to sell the 26-year-old midfielder to Ligue 1 side Monaco in a permanent deal thought to be worth around €23m.
It is expected that the €23m figure will be made up of a guaranteed €20m, plus a further €3m in additional bonuses.
The deal is massively beneficial in terms of Juve’s financial situation, as they had paid significantly less to bring Zakaria in from Borussia Moenchengladbach in January 2022.
The Bianconeri paid an up front fee of €4.5m a year and a half ago plus €4.1m in additional fees, taking the total figure up to €8.6m.
Calciomercato.com notes that Zakaria had an amortised cost of around €3m, meaning that he was not worth a great deal to Juventus in terms of financial value. On top of that, Juve have also freed up a useful amount of space on their wage bill.
Therefore, as Calciomercato points out, the €20m price tag represents impressive business from the Bianconeri management.
we bought him for 23m euros and selling him for same amount, funny