Daniele Rugani’s agent says the defender has tripled in value, but admits it will be hard to break into the Juventus team.
The 20-year-old was co-owned by the Bianconeri and Empoli, but the former bought out his contract in January, but his representative hints he could still play elsewhere next season.
“There’s a fundamental difference between being ready to play, and actually playing,” David Torchia told Sportitalia.
“He’s been redeemed by Juventus, who strongly believe in him.
Daniele Rugani’s agent says the defender has tripled in value, but admits it will be hard to break into the Juventus team.
The 20-year-old was co-owned by the Bianconeri and Empoli, but the former bought out his contract in January, but his representative hints he could still play elsewhere next season.
“There’s a fundamental difference between being ready to play, and actually playing,” David Torchia told Sportitalia.
“He’s been redeemed by Juventus, who strongly believe in him.
“He’s a very young lad, but he’s had good experience in Serie A, and despite not having European experience, in my view he’s ready to play for a club with those objectives.
“However, we also have to take into account that he belongs to a club which has the best defenders in Italy and Europe, so it’s not very easy to arrive and get a starting shirt for 40 games.
“It’s €4m that Juventus have spent, but I think that – at the absolute minimum – his value can now be tripled.
“And I mean this honestly, I don’t know if I’d sell him for triple, because it could still increase.
“His growth has been exponential, but I can’t say I’m surprised, as we all expected it.
“He’s been very good, and has worked with very good technical staff [at Empoli] who work in a modern way, and set the team up for modern football, with a high line, and in a very technical way with regard to tactics.
“That’s benefitted the lad.
“His capacity to learn is so high that we see improvement from one month to the other, not year-on-year.
“[Empoli Coach] Sarri says he’s like a computer, and that will surely lead him to good results.”
Torchia was then asked about rumours linking the player with teams abroad, with Arsenal said to be interested.
“Another question? Seriously? When a young lad starts achieving things in a very short time, it’s normal that big European teams will start following certain players.
“He’s owned by Juventus, so I think that anyone who wants to do anything should speak with Juventus.”