Friday has been a rather busy day for Roberto Firmino, who has decided that he will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
The news first emerged in Germany, who have ties with his agency from his past at Hoffenheim, and quickly spread.
That perhaps explained the big spend on Darwin Nuñez in the summer followed by the purchase of Cody Gakpo, with Liverpool clearly anticipating the departures of both Sadio Mané and now Firmino.
Either way, the news that he will be walking as a free agent has sent alarm bells ringing in Italy, where Inter were already keen and where Juventus could benefit from the move.
The former will likely depend on whether they keep Romelu Lukaku or not, while the Turin side could end up selling Dusan Valhovic to make some money, all the while replacing the Serbia international with the Brazilian on a free.
Calciomercato have an article on the breaking news on Friday that includes a paragraph on his future, making it clear that despite his wages being high, the Italian sides ‘are also in the race’ to sign him.
Inter and Juventus are named directly as clubs who have ‘moved on him in the past’ before it’s made clear that ‘such a market opportunity rarely happens’.
Rest assured, they will be there.
