Xavier Jacobelli: "Juve, the numbers finally add up"

Every week the editorial staff of Tuttojuve.com analyzes the hot topics of our football with one of the most authoritative names in Italian sports journalism, Xavier Jacobelli , columnist for Tuttosport. Here is his speech:

"To understand where the transfer strategy followed by Juve during the 2023 summer session has its roots, we need to give the numbers. Salary total reduced by 15%, (36 million euros saved thanks to the departures of Paredes, Di Maria, Cuadrado and Bonucci ); purchases for 21.7 million and sales for 82.3 million, with a positive balance of 82.3 million; capital gains reduced almost to zero (Zakaria earned 4.6 million.

All this to say that the Giuntoli Treatment has been rapid, precise, effective, but it is only at the beginning and the best is yet to come. The new sporting director was entrusted with a titanic task: to thin out the squad, significantly reduce costs, while still maintaining the competitiveness of the team entrusted to Allegri. and open to young people.

The man who in eight years led Napoli to the conquest of the third, historic Neapolitan scudetto, immediately immersed himself in the role entrusted to him at Continassa, demonstrating that he has clear ideas. For a giant of Juventus' caliber, which has had six consecutive budget deficits, the virtuous path of budget rebalancing has been traced.

Now it's up to Allegri and the players to demonstrate that they are headed in the right direction. right even on the field. Pursuing the first objective: returning to the Champions League. The numbers are finally starting to add up, but getting back into the game in the most important and richest continental tournament is essential.