Grading every Juventus offseason move

Bosman transfers: A-

Juventus made two big Bosman transfers this summer. We knew for a while that Aaron Ramsey would heading to Juventus, but the signing of Adrien Rabiot was a bit more surprising and became a reality a lot closer to the opening of the transfer window. Both guys should fit right into Juve’s starting lineup from the start of the season.

Aaron Ramsey is the player who can connect the midfield with the attack that Juventus has been lacking for the last couple of years. His role has been he missing piece at Juventus since Paul Pogba left. His arrival should be nothing but good new, but he comes with one issue.

Aaron Ramsey has a history of injury issues that could really put a damper on this move. He really won’t do Juve much good if he can’t stay on the field. If he continues to have these injury issues then all his signing will have really done is prevent Juve from signing somebody else who was a little bit more reliable.

Rabiot should also help improve a Juve midfield that really struggled last year. He’ll slide right into Blaise Matuidi’s defensive role in the midfield, but is better suited to Sarri’s style than Matuidi would have been. Rabiot is the better passer of the two and controls the ball better than Matuidi.

At only 24 years old, Rabiot should be an important piece of this midfield for years to come even as the rest of the midfield is replaced over the next few years.

Overall, these two signings should make Juventus a stronger squad and should fix a lot of the problems their midfield faced last season. Their moves, while not really free, were much cheaper than Juventus should have been able to get such talented players for. These moves were the start of a very strong July for Juve.