Juventus are in talks to sign Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic despite interest from Arsenal and Tottenham.
According to reports the Serb’s agents are not considering any offers from the London clubs Arsenal and Tottenham.
Juventus are in negotiations to please Fiorentina’s £58.8m asking price for Vlahovic, who is wanted by both north London clubs.
Fiorentina are willing to sell the 21-year-old Serbia international this month to maximise their profit, as he has just 18 months remaining on his contract.
Juventus wants to allocate more funds to their original January spending budget in order to beat Arsenal and Spurs in the race for Vlahovic.
A report in Italian newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport on Monday evening claimed Juventus have reached an agreement with Vlahovic’s agents over a five-year deal, as they get set to make an official £50.4m bid to La Viola.
Fiorentina’s sporting director, Daniele Prade, told Sportitalia: “It’s an important valuation, over €70m as a lump sum with no swap deals and no payment structures. The president [Rocco Commisso] has imposed it on us.
“All of our doors are open in this situation, because we need to understand what the players and his agents really want to do.
“We received some important offers for him. Offers that were very substantial but we never got any feedback from his agents. On our side, there has always been great transparency. I refer to what Joe Barone [Fiorentina’s chief executive] said, all our doors are open.
“We’re ready to sit down at a table and talk. We made various important offers for a contract extension, and we also have had a few offers to sell him in a strong way.
“I’m saying this because our club makes €75m a year and we can’t afford to lose a valuable asset for free.
“They were all valid and satisfactory offers, with payment methods that suited us. We couldn’t go ahead with the deal because there was never any contact with the player’s agents.”
Vlahovic came to prominence last season when he scored 21 goals in 40 appearances for Fiorentina, and has continued his impressive form with 20 goals in 24 games in all competitions this season.
Source: Skyports
