Sunday 16 November 2014 19:20, UK
Gianluigi Buffon and Giorgio Chiellini turned down offers to leave Juventus, who remain coy on their Dani Alves interest.
General manager of the Italian champions, Giuseppe Marotta, has been speaking about possible comings and goings in Turin.
He claims that two senior figures recently snubbed interest from afar in order to commit their respective futures to Juve by agreeing fresh terms.
He told Tuttosport: “When Buffon renewed his contract, he had a wage proposal from a foreign club worth €10m net! Gigi actually cut his wages to continue with us.
We didn’t want to give Vidal to Manchester United, end of story. Besides, our rapport with his agent Fernando Felicevich is good.
“The same is true of Chiellini, who over the summer had the opportunity to go abroad with a substantial contract, but decided to renew with us.”
Marottta is also pleased to have seen off summer interest in Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba from the likes of Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid.
He added: “We didn’t want to give Vidal to Manchester United, end of story. Besides, our rapport with his agent Fernando Felicevich is good.
“As for Pogba, we have just renewed his contract. He was on very small wages and so we improved his salary.
“It always depends on the player - if Pogba and Vidal are happy to stay, then we will keep them.”
Ahead of the re-opening of the transfer window in January, it has been suggested that Juve will make a move for Barcelona full-back Alves, but Marotta says all options will be considered as the Serie A heavyweights prioritise quality over quantity.
He said: “If there are players who can increase the quality of the squad, then we will consider them, but there’s nothing to say that promise will be a guarantee.
“It’s not easy to find players worthy of Juve and we don’t want to become some refuge for any old out of contract figure.
“Having said all that, Dani Alves is certainly a very good player.”
