Juventus have made a €20 million bid for Internacional striker Leandro Damiao, according to reports from Sky Sport 24's transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio.

The player's agent had claimed recently that his client was likely to stay in Brazil for the immediate future, but the Turin giants have submitted an offer nontheless.

Juventus are expected to meet with Internacional representatives next week in an attempt to thrash out a deal for the highly-rated forward, who has also been linked with Milan as well as Ukrainian clubs Dnipro and Dynamo Kiev.

Internacional are believed to be looking for a figure closer to €30m but could be willing to negotiate a deal with the Serie A giants, who are looking to add to their attacking firepower.

Damiao has been in super form, netting 39 times for his club in 2011 while also earning four caps for Brazil - grabbing his first international goal in a 1-0 win versus Ghana in September.
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It is from goal so I don't trust it, but it is listing Sky Sport which I do trust

The real question is, does a striker at this time make sense?
I mean, Juventus have really only used two strikers, Mirko and Matri. Del Piero gets minutes here and there, Quagliarella has played 11 minutes.
That is a four striker rotation, which would be generous to call it that. So, another striker? A foreign one at that? Maybe one for the future, I don't know... what do you guys think?

that would mean IAquinta , Quaglairella , Amauri all out :/

This report is completely false as in which how it is reported. SKY never said that. I just finished watching it earlier with that segment.

For those who don't know, Fabio Paratici, Marotta's right hand man is currently in Brazil scouting for new talents. IT'S BEEN SAID, THAT PARATICI was following the player and that he approached his agent and the club society's.

SKY NEVER MENTIONED the bid or how much were bidding.

Sell Vucinic and Amauri to make up the money, and buy Damiao.

Matri, Quagliarella, and Damiao seems good to me. Bring back Ciro Immobile and start him ahead of Damiao and that is solid.

Sky didnt say it, therefore it is not official!

Definitely Dejan
Which is why it is sad to see striker reports, only for Quagliarella

@ CSS
Yeah I figured as much, goal loves to assume a bunch of crap

@italian fool
if you have nothing to add, please do not post here

The_ItalianFool wrote:Sky didnt say it, therefore it is not official!

SKY Sports is the best news station for football in the world; if it is not there, who can be trusted ?

SKY confirmed that were watching out for the player, but never mentioned the bid. To clarify.

By the way... already a target video.

luca, fabrizio common fratelli calm down

Look at this goal.com report. It says 17m instead of 20m.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/serie-a/2011/11/12/2754334/juventus-prepare-17m-bid-for-internacional-striker-leandro

Just goes to show how the bids are fake and how false the report was. But we are after the player.

All that matters is that Marotta has found a young, great talent who will do well. The problem is that he will not come cheap, and he will not come easy, and I fear that this will weaken the chances of him coming.

But I will be optimistic...assuming Quagliarella does not leave. Fabio non si tocca.

^ translation required !

DeviAngel wrote:luca, fabrizio common fratelli calm down

I'm calm, there is just no need to derail the thread
Sky Sport is relevant to this topic because goal is naming Sky as their source, so it does matter

@JNC
Glad you're looking on the upside of this and I agree, it is refreshing to be linked with a talent like this but he will not come cheap
Still odd to me that Juventus are linked with attackers
I mean, a CM to an extent makes sense (depth)
A LB/CB makes sense

A striker, not so much right now

@Devi: translated it before I said it in Italiano.

@Luca: I agree. I mean, if Marotta is going for Brazilians, he should go for Ganso or Lucas Rodrigues, both are very young and promising. Problem once again is that Ganso committed himself to Santos currently, and said he wants AC Milano, but still, it would not hurt to try.

Defenders are needed more I reckon. And a vice-Pirlo.

C’è la Juve con Paratici. È arrivata l’Inter con Ausilio. E Braida è atterrato oggi per il Milan. Tutti in Brasile, ci vorrebbe uno “Speciale Calciomercato” in diretta da Copacabana. Della Juve su Leandro Damiao, ve ne ho parlato prima.

Translation:

There's Juventus with Paratici. He just arrived with Inter's scout Ausilio and today Braida for Milan. Everyone is in Brazil, there should be a "Speciale Calciomercato"(One of SKY's transfer shows) live from Copacabana. For Juve, there Leandro Damiao, which was told previosly.





Confirmation of what I said, is just above.

Yeah I mean
Matri and Mirko are clearly first options which is fine
Del Piero and Quagliarella should be second options but used more than they have been, especially Quagliarella

You don't need strikers outside of that

For wingers
Pepe (unfortunately first choice)
Estigarribia (second choice at this point)
Krasic
Elia

And really it is only Pepe who has gotten a lot of minutes

Then look at the midfielders
Pirlo
Vidal
Marchisio
These three have played so many minutes, they need players capable of relieving them before it is too late

Defenders
Chiellini (not worried about him)
Barzagli
Bonucci
Lichtsteiner
These four have played a lot as well

So, just based on this a defender and a good CM is nice
Maybe Gabriel Appelt will do the job in the midfield, if he is as good as they all say he is

Looks very talented & promising but I'd love them get back Pasquato & just save some money!

Nice analysis Luca.

Do not forget about Giandonato. I really want to see him play more next year. He is so talented and so young. Save the money and put it toward getting quality players instead.

Marotta and Agnelli that we will spend much in January :/

Pasquato
Immobile
De Silvestro soon
Giandonato
Appelt x2(?)

Giovinco?

Luca wrote:Pasquato
Immobile
De Silvestro soon
Giandonato
Appelt x2(?)

Giovinco?

Juventus need to spend nothing on attack, or even midfield.

Attack: Quagliarella, Matri, Vucinic, Del Piero, Giovinco, Pepe, Krasic, Elia, De Silvestro, Immobile, Giovinco, Pasquato. Sell Amauri. Keep Iaquinta and Toni for depth; they can still change a game.

Midfield: Marchisio, Giandonato, Pirlo, Vidal, Appelt x2, Pazienza.

Great options. If Marrone improves, he should be put in the midfield.

Also, Filippo Boniperti is doing very well at Ascoli and getting at on of minutes there I am told by my mate who is in their academy.

I have to disagree.

Juventus still need that WC Support striker.

Juventus also need a Vice for Pirlo in midfield.

Camurrìa.Sto.Stronzo wrote:I have to disagree.

Juventus still need that WC Support striker.

Juventus also need a Vice for Pirlo in midfield.

I agree with you, but there Damiao is not worldclass yet, Antonio. He is still very young and has not played at a high enough level for me to rate him as such.

A vice for Pirlo is definitely needed, but unfortunately, there is nobody that comes to mind who seems viable at this point.

JuvenelCuore wrote:

Camurrìa.Sto.Stronzo wrote:I have to disagree.

Juventus still need that WC Support striker.

Juventus also need a Vice for Pirlo in midfield.

I agree with you, but there Damiao is not worldclass yet, Antonio. He is still very young and has not played at a high enough level for me to rate him as such.

A vice for Pirlo is definitely needed, but unfortunately, there is nobody that comes to mind who seems viable at this point.

Damiao is the closest name we've been linked with, with the right class. Sabatini did great do bring in someone like Lamela and Bojan as Marotta failed to do so. Now, he has the right chance to bring in a similar talent who has tremendous talent and potential. The names in the past like Aguero and Rossi would of course been the ideal choices, but obviously seeing that will never happen now, this guy is the right guy if you ask me. Paratici scouted him as well, so he should be good. That also being said, Rossi would be a possible choice as Villareal are failing and he would want to move elsewhere, if Juventus do make it to champions he would be a great player to get as his value will also drop due to the club failures, his injury and him wanting to leave.

A vice for Pirlo? Could be, but then again.. Montolivo is getting ready to leave Fiorentina. He could be one option.