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Four years later, Juventus fans keep complaining about how much they paid for Gonzalo Higuaín

Juventus is not having a good start to season and the fans complain about the bad managerial decisions the club is making.

By Mauricio Saenz

Juventus is not having a good start to season and the fans complain about the bad managerial decisions the club is making.
Juventus is not having a good start to season and the fans complain about the bad managerial decisions the club is making.
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Juventus is fifth in Serie A with 9 points. It's not a place where they are used to be at. And now, with the malfunction of the team coached by Andrea Pirlo, the fans began to recriminate to their executives about how Juventus money has been wasted during the last years in players who didn't deserved such a big investment. 

The fans are still angry with how much Juventus paid for Gonzalo Higuain. In 2016, Juventus paid 90 million euros for him. Higuain was coming out of a record season when he broke the single-season goal record for the Serie A. Neither way, he was bought for a really high figure considering he was 28 years old by then.

Fans are also complaining about having signed -resigned, actually- Leonardo Bonucci to the team for 35 million euros. In this case, the anger is with Bonucci's contract. The defensive back is 33 years old and until 2024, when his contract expires, he will continue to earn 11 million euros per season. It is no news that Federico Bernardeschi is another player targeted by angry.  He is the less beloved player in the current squad and was bought in 2017 from Fiorentina for 40 million euros.

The anger is so strong that the fans are even wondering if hiring Cristiano Ronaldo was worth it. Between the purchase of the player and the salary he has at the club,  360 million euros will be spent on him. Moreover, Cristiano's contract will expire in 18 months and he is yet to win the Champions League with the club, which had been the reason for which Juventus front office chose to buy him.

 


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