Damien Comolli, the Chief Executive Officer of Juventus, has done what all good football executives eventually must. He has admitted, with the candour...
Damien Comolli, the Chief Executive Officer of Juventus, has done what all good football executives eventually must. He has admitted, with the candour of a man who has seen deals collapse in the airport lounge, that the Bianconeri must be ready for the unexpected sale of a player. This is not panic. This is planning. It is the cold mathematics of modern football finance, where a single departure can balance the books and fund two arrivals.We all know the score. Every club has a price, a tipping point where sentiment meets the spreadsheet. Comolli's public nod to the unpredictable is a piece of strategic theatre. He is telling the market that while Juventus are not a fire sale operation, they are not stupid either. If a ridiculous offer lands on the desk in Turin for a player whose amortised value has already been paid off, they will twist your arm and shake your hand. The key question is which player becomes the shock departure.But here is the real news, the detail that should make the Curva Sud breathe a little easier. Comolli has delivered a firm, almost paternal, assurance regarding Kenan Yildiz. The Turkish wonderkid is not going anywhere. Full stop. No ifs, no buts, no release clause haggling. This is a definitive statement of intent from a club that knows it has gold dust on its hands. Yildiz is the embodiment of the new Juventus, a symbol of technical flair over the old guard pragmatism. To sell him now would be to rip the heart out of the project before it has even learned to beat properly.So, expect the noise around Federico Chiesa or a fringe defender to ramp up. That is where the 'unexpected' sale will likely land. But for the kid with the number 10 role in his sights He is untouchable. Comolli has drawn his line in the Turin mud.
