Juventus are reportedly still interested in Lazio’s Sergej Miliknovic-Savic, despite the fact he’d cost at least €120m.
The Bianconeri’s general manager insisted last week that they hadn’t made any move for the midfielder, pointing to the cost of doing a deal.
However, there have been reports in recent days that Juve are ready to sell Gonzalo Higuain, and Tuttosport believes this may not be unrelated to Milinkovic-Savic.
Juventus are reportedly still interested in Lazio’s Sergej Miliknovic-Savic, despite the fact he’d cost at least €120m.
The Bianconeri’s general manager insisted last week that they hadn’t made any move for the midfielder, pointing to the cost of doing a deal.
However, there have been reports in recent days that Juve are ready to sell Gonzalo Higuain, and Tuttosport believes this may not be unrelated to Milinkovic-Savic.
The newspaper points out that even spending €120m and tripling the Lazio man’s wages would have less of a budgetary impact than signing Higuain.
If the Argentine could be sold for around €60m, with amortisation the Old Lady could be considered to have broken even on the striker.
Therefore replacing him with Milinkovic-Savic, even for a big fee, wouldn’t be a huge outlay for the club.
By contrast though, Gazzetta dello Sport believes the Aquile will be looking for around €150m, quoting President Claudio Lotito.
“I turned down €110m on August 29 for Milinkovic-Savic, so €100m is not enough to buy him,” the patron said on Tuesday.
“€120m is ok for one leg.”
The €100m offer is believed to have come from Manchester United, who are still interested in Milinkovic-Savic.