5 moves that Juventus should still make this summer

Sell Juan Cuadrado

I really don’t understand why Juventus hasn’t gotten rid of Juan Cuadrado yet this summer. He really just doesn’t seem to have any role at the club anymore. He remains stuck behind Douglas Costa and Federico Bernardeschi on the right wing (and possibly still Paulo Dybala) and he hasn’t moved up in the rotation at right back either because Juventus decided to swap Joao Cancelo for Danilo instead of selling him outright. That leaves Cuadrado without any real path to playing time outside of an injury to one of the players in front of him.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to find a buyer for Cuadrado. While he isn’t even the second choice at any position for Juventus right now, he is still a useful player and could provide another team with a few more years as a starter.

He is a particularly attractive option for teams whose budgets are dwindling after the first month of the transfer window. A transfer for Cuadrado wouldn’t be particularly costly with Juventus reportedly only asking for 15 million euros to complete a deal. That’s a pretty reasonable price for a guy who could help add some attacking flair to a team that struggled to score last season, like a Parma.

The 15 million euros would recoup 3/4 of what Juve paid for Cuadrado’s transfer and would help them rebuild their budget after spending a ton of money on Matthijs de Ligt. Getting his salary off of the books at Juve would also help to offset some of the costs they’ll be adding this season with Ramsey, Rabiot, de Ligt, and Higuain’s contracts all adding to Juve’s costs for the year. Hopefully they can get a deal done before the transfer window cloases.