Juventus market, Liverpool raids a Juventus target
Liverpool raids a Juventus market target: Marcos Senesi. The British club is aware that defensive solidity is the basis for returning to the top, which is why the track leading to Senesi has gained great strength in recent days. The Argentine defender is due to expire with Bournemouth in June, which would allow the English club to sign him on a zero-parameter basis, in a very economically advantageous deal.
Senesi would provide depth to the squad alongside pillars such as Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté, offering quality in set-up and tactical reliability already proven in England. Liverpool has already concretely entered the race to secure him, aware of the opportunity to add an experienced defender without transfer costs. Slot wants to expand rotations to better manage the minutes of starters without compromising the team’s performance.
The competition for Senesi is fierce, however. In recent weeks, Bayern Munich had also intensified its efforts for the Argentine defender, seeing the zero-parameter operation as the ideal solution to reinforce the defense without overburdening the budget, with the aim of preserving sufficient resources for a major strike in attack. The Bavarians, however, seem to have gradually pulled out of the race, leaving the field open to other suitors.
Juventus remains Liverpool’s most direct rival in the race for Senesi. The Bianconeri have long been in pole position: the defender said he was flattered by the interest of the Old Lady, who had already made concrete steps toward him. Making the profile particularly attractive to the Turin club is the double advantage of the Italian passport and the technical characteristics of the player, a left-handed central defender, a profile Juventus had been looking for for some time. Senesi has, moreover, shown great improvement in the setting phase over the past few seasons at Bournemouth.
In addition to Juventus and Bayern Munich, interest in the player had previously been registered by Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan and Inter Milan, showing how positively the European market has assessed his contract situation. The Nerazzurri in particular had been monitoring him for a long time as a possible heir to Francesco Acerbi and Stefan de Vrij, both of whom have expired. The list of suitors confirms how the opportunity to sign a defender of his caliber at zero cost has triggered a veritable silent auction among the continent’s top clubs.
The inclusion of Liverpool in the race thus significantly changes the balance of a negotiation that seemed to be on its way to Turin. The Reds, who in recent weeks had already evaluated important profiles to shore up the backroom, see in Senesi an ideal reinforcement to complete the squad at Slot’s disposal, without having to face the prohibitive costs of other operations on the market. The next move now falls to the Argentine, who is called upon to choose between the Juventus court and that of one of England’s most ambitious clubs.
