Juventus T.V.: Permanent Departure List
Hello, and welcome to Juventus T.V. with Cristina Chiabotto! I am your host for today's
exclusive departure list, which includes from key-players to players who have been loaned for the past two years.
Cristina Chiabotto
The former Miss Italia 2004 has been Juventus's T.V. official host since Nedved's appointment.
The first official player to move for pastures new was
Marco Motta, after he had completed two loans in
Catania and recently relegated
Bologna. With the quality that
Juventus have this year, Marco Motta wouldn't get ahead of players such as
Stephan Lichsteiner, Mauricio Isla and
Simone Padoin, who all play in his preferred role. Slapping a
£2.5 million price tag,
Atalanta,
Catania and other
Italian teams put in the valuation Juventus wanted. However,
Juventus wanted all the money upfront, thus making
Catania and
Atalanta the only clubs whose bids were accepted. After heated negotiations,
Marco Motta decided to go for
Atalanta, his boyhood club.
Marco Motta
Marco Motta training with Juventus in the pre-season
Next up is
Switzerland international,
Reto Ziegler, who failed to make an official appearance as a
Juventus player. The player, failing to impress both
Conte and
Nedved was loaned to
Turkey giants
Fenerbahce, where he spent the last two seasons, in which the
Turkish club paid £1 million to acquire his services for 2 years. But, as
Juventus added
Pablo Armero and acquired the full rights of
Kwadwo Asamoah earlier in the summer,
Reto Ziegler fell off the pecking order, and was offered to different clubs in Europe. However he would go off to
Celta, as they met the
£3.7 million fee that
Juventus wanted and lured the player to the warm beaches of
Spain.
Reto Ziegler
Reto Ziegler when he first arrived in after Conte's appointment.
One of the favorites of
Juve's quadruple season, the
Montegrin forward was put available in the transfer market, after the
Juventus board asked
Nedved to raise funds from the player. It all seemed logical, as the former
Lecce player was bought from
Roma in a
£12.75 million fee, and in a few months, the
Montegrin international would turn 30. After some negotiations with
Liverpool, Schalke 04 and
Real Madrid, the player chose the latter, after they offered him to play in the Champions League and a great financial offer. The forward was sold for a fee of
£22.5 million fee, which will see
Juventus make a juicy profit. Whether
Juventus will miss the player, or completely forget the player will be seen in the next months.
Mirko Vucinic
The Montegrin forward celebrating for his former club during last years edition of the Serie A TIM.
Felipe Melo, who joined
Juventus 4 years ago for a massive
£19.75 million fee from
Fiorentina, has officially left
Juventus and heads to his new club in
London,
Tottenham Hotspur. The
London based club were looking for a tough box-to-box midfielder after the club parted ways with injury-prone
Sandro, who joined Manchester United last summer. After signing
Asier Illaramendi from
Real Sociedad, Tottenham wanted a player with experience, both internationally and domestically.
Felipe Melo, offered in a cut-price deal of
£5.75 million fee to clubs, (since his contract was to expire at the end of the season) was offered terms by
Ligue 1 champions and as many labelled
'Juventus Scrap Yard' (Over 4 former players play there now) offered the Brazilian player a contract. However,
Andre Villas-Boas convinced the
Brazilian player with a regular spot in the team.
Felipe Melo
Felipe Melo during the international break with Brazil.
With all these departures from the
Juventus Stadium, will the new
Juventus signings fill the holes that the departed players have left? Tune in for the next updates of
Juventus T.V., where we will talk about the loan departures and the new arrivals!
Gained Money
Juventus earned over £30 million, with rumors stating that Uruguayan defender, Martin Caceres being available at £15 million.