According to reports from Football Italia, the Serie A Champions are certain of losing Paul Pogba this summer and have made a decision to use the cash that will be generated to sign the Argentine striker.
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According to Sky Sport Italia, the Bianconeri have activated the Argentina international’s €94.7 million release clause after he underwent a medical on Friday.
Higuain is understood to have agreed a four-year deal worth up to £8.3m a year with bonuses after tax. “The only offer I’ve had was from the president of Atletico Madrid last month and I told him we couldn’t do anything”. Higuain will leave Napoli, and is expected to be presented to Juventus fans in the next few days.
He added: “Would he be betraying Napoli? It would be a much bigger betrayal of himself”.
Other options for Napoli include Milan’s Carlos Bacca, who is available at €30m, Fiorentina forward Nikola Kalinic and Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema.
Higuain scored 36 league goals for Napoli in the 2015-16 campaign to equal the all-time record in Italy’s top flight for the most scored in a single season.
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Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has declined to confirm whether Gonzalo Higuain has had a medical with the Italian champions and refused to answer questions on Paul Pogba’s potential move to Manchester United.
