On January 28th, we carried a report from Gianluca Di Marzio, who explained Aston Villa have made an offer to Juventus for Rodrigo Bentancur. Their proposal was €20m plus bonuses, but it didn’t end up pleasing the Turin club.
Later that day, Corriere dello Sport stated the ‘next move from Villa’ is expected to sign the 24-year-old.
It was then followed by a report from Calciomercato.it, stating the midfielder is ‘asking for €3.5-4m/year salary’ to leave the Serie A side in the winter market.
Journalist Niccolò Ceccarini, writing in his column for TuttoMercatoWeb, explains that as things stand, there is no agreement between the two clubs.
Steven Gerrard is an admirer of the Uruguay international, who ‘continues to please’ the Premier League side.
That’s what Sky Italia are reporting and add that if Aston Villa were to ‘raise the offer for the permanent transfer a bit’, then it ‘could convince Juventus’.
The Serie A side took Bentancur from Boca Juniors in 2017 and must pay a percentage of whatever fee they will receive from his future sale to the Argentine club.
