The man will be celebrating his move.
It is a done deal for all intents and purposes. On Friday, January 28, 2022, Dusan Vlahovic arrived to take his medical with Juventus and sign a contract worth around 7 million dollars per year.
Various transfer experts including the extremely reliable trio of Fabrizio Romano, Romeo Agresti and Gianluca Di Marzio have all reported those details in various forms, and when they all agree, official confirmation isn't usually far behind.
La Gazzetta dello Sport's Fabiana Della Valle deserves a lot of credit for being the first to say that the Bianconeri would try to sign Vlahovic in the summer.
There is a nice bonus to the fact that January 28 is Vlahovic's 22nd birthday, but with the Bianconeri reportedly set to pay a 75 million euro fee for him.
The questions are understandable given the fact that before the news of the Vlahovic transfer broke, the Turin giants appeared to be shopping in a much more low cost area.
Earlier this month, the names being linked to the club were Manchester United's Anthony Martial, or Divock Origi of the Reds. They are going to spend a lot of money to sign one of the most promising talents in Europe.
We took a closer look at Vlahovic's potential in this previous column, but how were they able to make such a move?
The most obvious answer was the exit of the player. The Portuguese megastar would have seen out the last year of his contract if he had decided to leave this season.
It would have meant writing off 25 million dollars in amortised value and paying 60 million dollars in pre-tax salary. They received a fee of 15 million dollars from United, according to their own website.
The club's loss was reduced to 14 million dollars, saving it around 71 million dollars. The fee for Vlahovic will be paid over three years and suddenly the deal becomes much more acceptable.
That would still be a loss, but that has been covered by a move the board made after the shareholder meeting. The capital increase was approved by the directors in August 2021.
In order to help with stabilizing the economic and financial balance, the statement says that this would be done by Strengthening the Company's equity.
The capital increase that the club completed by December 21 was a necessary step to help ease the financial burden of the coronaviruses.
It is possible to make a great move on the field with swift and decisive action behind the scenes.
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