Dusan Vlahovic: Juventus agree £62.8m fee for Fiorentina striker

Sky in Italy says that the Bianconeri have agreed to pay 62.8 million dollars for Dusan Vlahovic.

The two teams had been in negotiations for some time over a fee for Vlahovic.

The 21-year-old Serbia international, who has just 18 months left on his contract, is wanted by Fiorentina to move to Torino in order to maximize their profit.

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Football agent Roberto De Fanti talks about how good Vlahovic is after the Fiorentina striker was linked with a transfer this window, and what he would do if he was his agent

The two teams were unable to meet the asking price for Vlahovic.

Arthur Cabral is being eyed as a replacement for Vlahovic.

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Daniele Prade, the sporting director of Fiorentina, told Sportitalia that the valuation was over 70m as a lump sum with no swap deals and no payment structures. The president imposed it on us.

All of our doors are open, because we need to understand what the players and his agents want to do.

We received some important offers for him. We never got feedback from his agents on the offers. On our side, there has always been openness. I refer to what Joe Barone said, all our doors are open.

We are ready to sit at a table and talk. We made a number of important offers for a contract extension, and we also had a number of strong offers to sell him.

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The Transfer Show's Dharmesh Sheth reports that Fiorentina are open to selling Vlahovic in the January transfer window

Our club makes 75 million dollars a year and we can't afford to lose a valuable asset for free.

They were all valid and satisfactory offers, with payment methods that suited us. We couldn't go ahead with the deal because there wasn't any contact with the player's agents.

Vlahovic scored 21 goals in 40 appearances for Fiorentina last season, and has 20 goals in 24 games this season.

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According to The Transfer Show, Dusan Vlahovic only ever had eyes for Juventus.

Sky in Italy is reporting that a 75 million dollar deal has been agreed between the two Italian teams for Dusan Vlahovic.

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Dharmesh Sheth tells The Transfer Show that Fiorentina's Dusan Vlahovic only wanted to go to Juventus despite speculation that he would be open to a move to the Premier League

It is thought that Vlahovic only wanted to go to Juventus. There is a big rivalry between Fiorentina and Juventus. They might have wanted to direct Vlahovic to the English offers.

The Fiorentina hierarchy have been very open about being open to selling Vlahovic in this transfer window, but they were also very open about saying that the agent and player are not coming back to us. I think it was a way of putting the onus on Vlahovic, because they know the fans will be very disappointed to see him leave.

He has only 18 months left on his contract, so Fiorentina have been a bit hamstrung with this. He was offered a new deal that would have made him the highest-paid player in the history of the club. He did not want to sign it.

How interested were Arsenal, Spurs in Vlahovic?

The size of the transfer fee needed to sign the strikers made it difficult for them to complete a deal this month.

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Sky Sports' Nick Wright takes an in-depth look at Vlahovic's statistics and where he ranks amongst Europe's top strikers

There is a cloud hanging over the forward options of the club, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dropped forDisciplinary reasons and Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah into the final six months of the season.

Arteta said that the club are open to making a big signing if it is financially viable.

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Sky Sports News reported in August that Spurs were interested in signing Vlahovic.

Italian sources say Vlahovic wants to join a side competing in the European competition.

Spurs haven't played in the competition since the 2019/20 season, while Arsenal haven't qualified for the competition for the past four seasons. The clubs are two points off the top four.

Vlahovic joined the team from Partizan Belgrade. In 14 games for Serbia, he has seven goals, as well as making an impression in Italy.

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I am the Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Belgrade, I will play for the biggest clubs.

Valeri Bojinov was leading the line for Partizan as he witnessed a pimply 15-year-old become the club's youngest-ever player, goalscorer and debutant in Belgrade's Eternal derby against Red Star.

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Serbia's Dusan Vlahovic celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup 2022 group A qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Ireland at the Rajko Mitic stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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Bojinov said that he liked his arrogance. He would become a strong player.

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