When it was revealed that Juventus would need €49.5m to make Carlos Alcaraz’s loan from Southampton a permanent deal, many in Italy nearly fell off their chairs.
The idea of the Serie A side spending that much on a player who was recently plying his trade in the Championship was near unfathomable unless someone else goes the other way.
There has been a lot of talk of that man being Matías Soulé, but Tutto Juve bring up another possibility on Thursday, claiming that Southampton are one of the teams interested in Samuel Iling-Junior.
That never happened, but an article on Wednesday hinted he could end up being sacrificed in the summer if he didn’t make a better case for himself in the next few months.
Now, Tutto Juve believe Juventus ‘will accept offers’ for Iling-Junior in the next transfer window, and they would be wanting a fee of €15m to get a deal over the line.
Southampton are named as one of many interested parties, which, if you take the player’s valuation into account, could make a deal for Alcaraz ‘just’ €34.5m, making him a bit more affordable for the Serie A side if he impresses between now and the end of the season.
