beppe marotta

Juventus Director of Sport, Beppe Marotta, held a press conference giving his views on the collapsed Vucinic-Guarin transfer.

“Press conference today is called after the statement released by Inter, which we defined disconcerting. We wanted to set the record straight. The Vucinic-Guarin deal was verbally agreed by both parties. Agnelli received a text from Thohir at 10:48 confirming the deal. The main reason we called this press conference was the lack of respect shown towards two serious, professional footballers. As things stand there’s no real possibility that Vucinic could join Inter. Inter asked us for permission to speak to Vucinic back in mid-December, that’s when negotiations got off the ground. Once it became clear there was to be no money exchanged, we considered the option of a player swap. Vucinic is a great player and we will evaluate what to do as days go by.”

“We expect at least that Thohir speaks to Agnelli where he offers explanations as to what has happened. There has only been an unfounded statement and images on the TV where Fassone spoke of things which we made no sense to us. If there are to be any future negotiations, Thohir will have to offer an explanation to Agnelli – beyond yesterday’s statement.”