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That?s a whole lot of money, honey. So much for a quiet Deadline Day at Cotinassa.
Nope, nothing close to quiet. Instead, a move that, at least to those of us who aren?t on the inside, saw as a pretty big surprise will be finalized and Juventus will welcome a young midfielder into their ranks with a very big price tag potentially in the cards over the summer.
Just how big" This big ...
According to Fabrizio Romano, Juventus? option to make soon-to-be signee Carlos Alcaraz?s loan deal permanent over the summer will cost more than ?40 million. That is more than the original price that Romano and others would be around ?35 million when news of the deal being nearly done and agreed to a few hours earlier. Other Italian outlets said that the buy option Juve will have was around ?40 million, but this is the first we?ve heard that the Bianconeri could be sending over that ?40 million mark over to Alcaraz?s current club, Southampton.
???? Carlos Alcaraz will become new Juventus player today.

All parties working on it, player?s agent also in UK to get the deal sealed with medical also in London later today.

Understand buy option will be more than ?40m. pic.twitter.com/SaUEYZWTZx? Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 31, 2024

Whatever the ?more than ?40 million? ends up being, Southampton stands to potentially make a very nice profit from a player they bought for £12 million from Racing...