Bayern
Munich are set to seal the signing of Arturo Vidal from Juventus after the
Italian Champions League finalists received an offer of €40m (£28m) for the
Chilean midfielder.
Vidal’s
agent, Fernando Felicevich, is in Munich finalising the deal for his client,
who is ready to sign for the German champions. Juventus initially asked for
€45m which Bayern countered with a €30m offer but a compromise now appears to
have been reached, with the Bundesliga side set to pay €37m up front, and €3m
in add-ons. Vidal, who won the Copa América with Chile this summer, is currently
one of the most sought-after players in Europe after playing a huge part in
Juventus’s run to the Champions League final in Berlin, which they lost to
Barcelona, and their domestic league triumph. Juventus are looking to replace
Vidal with one of Schalke’s Julian Draxler, Chelsea’s Juan Cuadrado or Porto’s
Alex Sandro.
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Vidal, who
joined Juventus from Bayer Leverkusen in 2011, was heavily linked with a move
to Manchester United last summer while Arsenal, who had initially hoped he
would join up with fellow Chilean Alexis Sánchez at the Emirates, dropped out
of the race to sign him a couple of weeks ago.
Bayern are
rebuilding their squad after two seasons with Pep Guardiola in which they have
won the league comfortably on both occasions but fallen short in the Champions
League. The attacking midfielder Douglas Costa has arrived from
Shakhtar
Donetsk for €35m and Bastian Schweinsteiger was allowed to join Manchester
United for a fee of €20m.
There are
ongoing concerns over the fitness of Franck Ribéry. The French forward, who
missed a large part of last season, has not travelled with the rest of the
squad to China and it is uncertain when he will be able to return.
Juventus,
meanwhile, have also invested heavily this summer, bringing in Paulo Dybala,
Sami Khedira and Mario Mandzukic.
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