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Grading last summer’s Juventus transfers a year later

By John Vaccaro

MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 20: Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus looks dejected during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Juventus at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on February 20, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by TF-Images/TF-Images via Getty Images)
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 20: Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus looks dejected during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Juventus at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on February 20, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by TF-Images/TF-Images via Getty Images) /
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TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 02: Juventus player Douglas Costa during the Serie A match between Juventus and Parma Calcio at Allianz Stadium on February 3, 2019 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Badolato – Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images)
TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 02: Juventus player Douglas Costa during the Serie A match between Juventus and Parma Calcio at Allianz Stadium on February 3, 2019 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Daniele Badolato – Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images) /

With the opening of the transfer window almost upon us, now seems like as good of a time as ever to look back at what Juventus got right and wrong during last year’s window.

Last summer was extremely eventful for Juventus. While the major headline was the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus made 5 other signings during the transfer window who found varying levels of success during the 2018-19 season. Douglas Costa, Mattia Perrin, Leonardo Bonucci, Emre Can, and Joao Cancelo were all brought in with specific roles in mind, but only two of them served the purpose Juve was hoping for. Let’s take a look at which players are the ones who found success after their transfers.

Douglas Costa: C

This wasn’t Costa’s first season with Juventus, but it was his first as a full member of the squad after spending last on loan at Juventus from Bayern Munich. He impressed during his loan spell at Juve, but things went downhill quickly after his transfer.

Cista struggled to wing the starting right wing job outright to start the season and then quickly sabotaged himself by spitting at Federico di Francesco. While serving his Serve A suspension he picked up an injury in the Champions League and missed the following month. This was just the first of multiple injuries that limited him to 24 total appearances and only 9 starts.

When he was healthy Costa was rarely the player that we saw last season. He certainly never looked like a player who was worth the 40 million euros Juve paid for him.

Costa’s season has led to speculation that it could be his last with the team. Hopefully that isn’t the case as Juve likely won’t be able to turn a profit after such a disappointing season. Overall, this was not even close to what Juve was hoping to get out of Douglas Costa.

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