Marotta: ‘Vidal will be sold’

By Football Italia staff

Juventus will sell Arturo Vidal to Bayern Munich, confirms Giuseppe Marotta as he praises the Bianconeri’s ‘model’.

The director general of the Turin club addressed the media alongside Coach Massimiliano Allegri this afternoon, and confirmed Vidal’s imminent departure.

“Today we’ll re-write the squad, knowing that what is being done is part of the history of Juventus, who always want to improve our squad,” Marotta explained.

“We have an obligation to continue on that path. Following the victories which are in Juventus’ history means we have to respect that, so what we have to offer is the maximum commitment from the management, and give our maximum effort to achieve our objectives.

“Our model has been a successful model, and also consists of diverse components within that model. So it’s clear that we can face different dynamics from day-to-day.

“As you know, football is an activity, a business, where everything moves very quickly, so we’ve had to deal with situations which were perhaps unexpected, like with [Carlos] Tevez, with [Andrea] Pirlo and with Vidal.

“Vidal’s situation will be finalised, but hasn’t been finalised yet. Then there are the likes of [Angelo] Ogbonna, [Marco] Storari… a lot of players, and I’ll take this opportunity to thank them for what they’ve done.”

“We have an obligation to look forward, with our model, which is made up of two components.

“Firstly we want to have a competitive team, which can try and win every competition we are involved in.

“We also have to look at balancing the budget, considering economic and financial factors. In respect of this, we acted, we renewed the squad. It’s a renewal which took the two aspects into account, one made in Italy.

“I say that with great pride, because Juventus have always been at the forefront from that point of view, implementing policies of reform so that Italian football can return to the competitive level it was at in the 90s.

“From that point of view, I can say that from all the TV revenues from last season, about €90m was reinvested by us in Italy, through buying players from Italian clubs.

“I think that’s a reason to be proud, and can be taken as an example to other clubs, because when you do that you circulate money throughout our game.

“I think those who have obtained that money, if they’re smart and spend well, can invest in facilities such as their stadium or training ground, and maybe implement a policy which can improve their youth sectors, and help to bring through the next phenomenon, made in Italy.

“I wanted to emphasise that, because it’s an important factor, it’s not irrelevant.

"I’m talking about various buys we’ve made, like [Paulo] Dybala [from Palermo], [Stefano] Sturaro [from Genoa], [Daniele] Rugani [from Empoli], [Roberto] Pereyra [from Udinese] and [Simone] Zaza [from Sassuolo], all players coming from Italian teams.

“We’ve made our contribution, and we’re happy because we’ve lowered the average age of the team.

“Of course replacing icons like Pirlo and Tevez is not easy, I think they’re irreplaceable players, but those who have arrived have huge motivation.”

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