Juventus agree £62.8m fee for Dusan Vlahovic

Juventus have agreed a £62.8m fee with Fiorentina for striker Dusan Vlahovic, according to Sky in Italy.

Juventus and Fiorentina had been in negotiations for some time over a fee for Vlahovic and have finally agreed a price.

Fiorentina want to sell the 21-year-old Serbia international, who is keen to make the move to Turin, this month to maximise their profit, as he has just 18 months remaining on his contract.

Arsenal and Tottenham were admirers of Vlahovic but were unable to meet Fiorentina’s asking price.

Fiorentina are now targeting Basel’s Arthur Cabral as a replacement for Vlahovic.

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.

Read Also: EPL: Watford are set to appoint Roy Hodgson

“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 campaign.