50 million euros, payable in four financial years, plus additional charges of 1.5 million euros. In fact, 51.5 million euros for the player’s registration alone. That’s how much it cost Juventus Douglas LuizBrazilian midfielder who arrived in the summer from Aston Villa.
An operation, or rather an investment, decidedly important that set in motion by Juventus technical director Cristiano Giuntoli to begin reshaping the midfield available to new coach Thiago Motta. But up to this point it has not yet given answers on the pitch. A question of pure and simple numbers, at least for this very first part of the season.
Can Douglas Luiz and Koopmeiners coexist on the pitch? This is the question that the Juventus coach was asked to answer in the press conference before Napoli: “Everything is possible. Everything is possible especially when dealing with strong players. We’ll see tomorrow if we play like this, even during the match maybe. But I repeat, everything is possible”, explained the former Bologna player. In fact, however, to date Douglas Luiz remains a question mark: he watched the last match against Napoli entirely from the bench, while in the previous ones he made 5 appearances, of which only one as a starter compared to 4 as a substitute. With a total of 137 minutes played out of the 540 minutes played this season by Juventus.