Juve Agree Amauri Deal With Palermo

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Juve Agree Amauri Deal With Palermo

According to the Corriere dello Sport, Juventus have come to an agreement with Palermo to sign Amauri.

The Brazilian striker has been the Bianconeri’s number transfer target for several weeks now.

The Corriere says that Juve sporting director Alessio Secco has agreed with his Palermo counterpart Rino Foschi to sign Amauri for €10.5m plus Antonio Nocerino and Marco Marchionni.

Secco is also said to be toying with the option of including Domenico Criscito as part of the exchange, in order to further lower Amauri’s transfer fee.

Juventus boss Claudio Ranieri is believed to be much happier with this deal, than the original exchange that almost went through.

Secco had reportedly agreed to sign Amauri for €15m plus young starlets Sebastian Giovinco, Paolo De Ceglie and Claudio Marchisio.

Ranieri then vetoed the deal at the last minute, and all three players are now expected to return from their current loan spells to play for Juventus next season.

As for Amauri, he will compete with Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet and Vincenzo Iaquinta for a forward starting berth, with Raffaele Palladino almost certain to be sold in order to make room.