Francisco Conceiçao returned from a muscular injury against Genoa and rounded out the result with his first Serie A goal. He needed just 72 minutes to open his account with Juventus. He’ll seriously push Nicolas Gonzalez for the starting job in the coming matches.
The competition will begin in Wednesday’s clash against RB Leipzig, which could have easily been his destination in the summer, TuttoSport informs (via Goal). The winger was determined to leave Porto after his father’s exit. The Bundesliga side inquired after selling Dani Olmo to Barcelona. They agreed with his side on a €20/25M valuation.
However, Conceiçao preferred biding time. Juventus had been in touch with his agent Jorge Mendes. The youngster was keener on joining the Bianconeri. The transfer indeed came together late in the window, even though Cristiano Giuntoli had to settle with a simple loan with no option to buy. The Old Lady shelled out €7M.
The attacker will have a €30M release clause for a portion of next summer. He’d like to set roots in Turin, but the brass will have to either activate it or renegotiate the terms for that to be the case.
Our Take on Juventus and Conceiçao
They needed another right-footed left winger to be whole up front and got one even though the conditions weren’t ideal. The first impression was solid, and his floor is to be a great weapon off the bench, but Thiago Motta will use everybody as he’s already doing. Still, they’ll shell out €30M for him only if he has a really great season, but there’ll probably be room to haggle. It’s more likely than not that he’ll stay with them permanently.
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