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Juventus saved the best for last in a relatively quiet summer, shelling out about \u20ac60M for Lois Openda and Edon Zhegrova on deadline day. Their only other real addition was Joao Mario from Porto. Therefore, the Bianconeri<\/em> didn\u2019t acquire any player from fellow Serie A sides, which is instead usually an integral part of their MO.<\/p>\n According to TuttoSport<\/em> (via Mediaset<\/em>), the Old Lady bankrolled other Italian clubs only through deals that had been set up by the previous management. Nicolas Gonzalez and Michele Di Gregorio had joined on loans with obligations to buy. The new brass couldn\u2019t back out of them. They ended up sending the former to Atletico Madrid for slightly less money. In that sense, they had to make a decision only in Pierre Kalulu\u2019s case, for whom there was an option to buy. However, activating it was a no-brainer since the sum was affordable, and he showed well since joining.<\/p>\n Juventus eyed a few Ligue 1 targets during the summer, the championship from which their new director Damien Comolli came, but, ultimately, they signed just Zhegrova from it. The decision to buy from abroad came from a different style of scouting and player evaluation. The Bianconeri<\/em> spent nearly \u20ac150M to buy Serie A stars last year. The returns from those investments were rather underwhelming.<\/p>\n The ownership didn\u2019t do it loudly, but they wanted a clean break from the methods of their previous front office, and they got it. It\u2019s also true, and a bit worrying from a league-wide perspective, that the players they could have added from smaller Italian clubs who would have improved their squad were only a handful.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\nOur Take on the Juventus Window<\/h3>\n
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