31 Jul 2014 15:44:20
Patrice Evra's unveilling at Juventus today and a few interesting comments came out. One was that Van Gaal wanted him to stay and him leaving had nothing to do with United signing another left back (Shaw). He put his decision down to personal reasons (with a smile).

A Juventus official, Beppe Marotta was then asked about other issues. He confirmed that Juve will sign another player tomorrow, Romulo, who plays rb, cm, or rm. Then he was asked about Vidal having a medical in Manchester, his reply was "Yesterday he was here". Nothing more than that was said. No refusal, no admission, just a quick sentence. Also Vidal has not been included in the 25 man squad for their friendly this weekend although he did only start training again this week.

I'm starting to buy into this theory that Juve are completing their transfer business before Vidal is sold. This way they can get their deals done on the cheap without teams knowing they have 40 or 50 million to spend. Time will tell.

1.) 31 Jul 2014
31 Jul 2014 16:03:26
I've seen quite a few reports now stating that Vidal will hand in a transfer request if Juve try to block the move as he is very keen to move (makes sense baring in mind how much more he's likely to earn a year, also his agent will bag a fair few quid). But with Juventus making all these signings recently it does look as if they have money to spend from somewhere as they weren't in a strong state financially at the beginning of the window.

2.) 31 Jul 2014
I think they will have to sell to recuperate what they have spent. They couldn't wait for a big deal to get done before conducting their business.

3.) 31 Jul 2014
I really want all of this to be true about Vidal. It would be a midfield to reckoned with with him, Herrera and Mata in. All the signs are point to it; Juve do not have the money to splash around. They were flirting with the borders of FFP last year so need to remain neutral to positive this year on the books. They’re buying players. Their stance and approach seems weaker (if what said above is accurate).

I did post up about Utd being in on the medical the other day and it got shot down…but a few more news sources seem to agree now (at least).