Juventus have turned their attention to Chelsea attacker Fernando Torres as they have set their sights on a high-profile striker ahead of the 2012-13 campaign, and have made a €30 million offer for the Spain international, Goal.com can reveal.

The Serie A champions had initially set their sights on Napoli star Edinson Cavani, but they have no intention of meeting the Partenopei's €70m valuation of the Uruguay international.


The Spain international has been struggling to live up to the high expectations at Chelsea ever since his €58m move to the Blues in January 2011, and could be allowed to move on if the price is right.

Juventus director Fabio Paratici first met with Fernando Torres' entourage during the winter transfer window to discuss a potential move, and the Old Lady have now stepped up their interest a notch.

They are not only willing to splash the cash on the attacker, but are ready to include Italy international Sebastian Giovinco in the deal, too.

Nevertheless, the potential transfer of Torres to Juve is by no means a done deal yet as there are still plenty of obstacles to overcome.

The Bianconeri could struggle to meet the striker's wage demands as he is currently on an annual salary of nearly €10m.

Additionally, Chelsea are unlikely to sell the forward until they have secured the services of a new striker themselves. The Champions League winners are believed to be keen on Porto striker Hulk, but an agreement is still far away.

First contact between both clubs has been made, though, and Juventus appear to be sitting in pole position to lure Fernando Torres to Turin if his current club indeed opt to sell the beleaguered striker this summer.

LOL

I think this one is more rumor than reality.

Juventude wrote:I think this one is more rumor than reality.

I don't think so. Now that Cavani is probably out of the picture and Van Persie looks like staying at Arsenal he could be the next real target. Which is pretty sad imo.

Or, it's just another move by Marotta to reduce the price for Cavani

if we're making a bid for him, let's just save some money and try to get... and i know i'm going to get a lot of heat for this... klaas huntelaar.

i personally, don't think he flopped in milan... when given chances he did pretty well. he scores for club and country, and i think would be a very economical buy, whic might leave us enough money to get jovetic (who i really want to see in turin next year)

about torres, he was once great, but based on his recent form 30 mill is too much...

my guess is that this is a rumor/ distraction from one of our real targets

dronte wrote:

Juventude wrote:I think this one is more rumor than reality.

I don't think so. Now that Cavani is probably out of the picture and Van Persie looks like staying at Arsenal he could be the next real target. Which is pretty sad imo.

Or, it's just another move by Marotta to reduce the price for Cavani

I don't know if we would come close to matching his salary and, for that reason, I don't see the deal going through. Torres isn't going to take a pay cut and I think that Marotta won't pay that much.

davidsNC wrote:if we're making a bid for him, let's just save some money and try to get... and i know i'm going to get a lot of heat for this... klaas huntelaar.

i personally, don't think he flopped in milan... when given chances he did pretty well. he scores for club and country, and i think would be a very economical buy, whic might leave us enough money to get jovetic (who i really want to see in turin next year)

about torres, he was once great, but based on his recent form 30 mill is too much...

my guess is that this is a rumor/ distraction from one of our real targets

Hell no. Huntelaar is utter crap, and is made for the lower league/teams. He has nothing to do in the CL, he is slow, bad passing skills, weak, and looks tired after 20 min on the field. Lopez is much better than him, no joke.

Eivindo wrote:

davidsNC wrote:if we're making a bid for him, let's just save some money and try to get... and i know i'm going to get a lot of heat for this... klaas huntelaar.

i personally, don't think he flopped in milan... when given chances he did pretty well. he scores for club and country, and i think would be a very economical buy, whic might leave us enough money to get jovetic (who i really want to see in turin next year)

about torres, he was once great, but based on his recent form 30 mill is too much...

my guess is that this is a rumor/ distraction from one of our real targets

Hell no. Huntelaar is utter crap, and is made for the lower league/teams. He has nothing to do in the CL, he is slow, bad passing skills, weak, and looks tired after 20 min on the field. Lopez is much better than him, no joke.

I agree. Huntelaar has been given plenty of chances to break through and just hasn't been able to do it with a major club. A signing like Huntelaar would be a step in the wrong direction for Juve.

won't happen either way, but i guess we'll agree to disagree... but to say he is utter crap is overblowing it... you can't have his numbers, and be utter crap

It annoys me coz if Ballotelli werent such a f8ck up then he would be perfect for Juve, he just needs to grow up

Kick wrote:

Yeah, it's funny how Juve are going to offer 30m for such a crappy player

7amood11 wrote:

Kick wrote:

Yeah, it's funny how Juve are going to offer 30m for such a crappy player

Agreed. I'll pass on Torres and Tevez. Both overpaid.