Juventus Looking For a Way Out After Expensive Blunder

Juventus Looking For a Way Out After Expensive Blunder

Lois Openda hasn’t seen the pitch in five matches, but the condition to trigger his permanent move to Juventus has been met. It was tied to the Bianconeri’s position. With Sassuolo losing to Genoa, they clinched a top-ten finish, Tuttomercatoweb reports.

Therefore, the Old Lady will have to send a €40.6M check to RB Leipzig, in addition to the €4.1M they shelled out last year, plus €1.7M commissions. He was by far their most expensive signing. However, he has scored just twice in 33 appearances, totaling just over 1000 minutes.

Openda could see some minutes in the next couple of games, as Dusan Vlahovic and Arkadiusz Milik are nursing muscular injuries, so Jonathan David is the only remaining striker on the Juventus squad, although Jeremie Boga has been thriving as a false-nine.

The Old Lady will try to sell him in the summer, but it’ll be a tall order. His downfall hurt one of his previous clubs, Lens. They were set to receive 20 percent of the earnings from his departure from RB Leipzig, but he transferred for pretty much the same fee. His price tag was much higher two years ago after a great maiden season in the Bundesliga. Rennes are taking a look at him now, TuttoSport informs (via Fantacalcio).

Our Take on Juventus and Openda

He must look really bad or disengaged in training if Luciano Spalletti has completely mothballed him. His acquisition is one of the biggest transfer-market mysteries in recent years. He was already in a funk, and they could have probably signed Randal Kolo Muani with that sum. They arguably shouldn’t have even added another striker since Dusan Vlahovic ended up staying.