Kovacic would instantly be our best CM.
About Bentancur and Juventus, you are right that it should be simple....but it looks like they are complicating things. They haven't made it as simple as "we want him/we don't want him". They are saying "we want him, but now now. We'll pay you 3mil now and leave him with you for a year, and than we'll pay the rest". They are really screwing this up for us and putting Boca in a tight spot. I think Boca wants to keep the good relations with Juventus and they may not want to ruin that for 1-2mil (Milan offering a couple mil for than that 9.4 agreed price with Juve). Also, it's really not a bad deal for them to keep him for an extra year and still be guaranteed a sale for almost the same price. In the end we may have to offer a lot more (the rumored 15?) In order for Boca not to have much of a choice...and it looks like we are kind of relying on the will of the player.
I hope we don't do that if it's the case. It's a risk to begin with and I think there are other (better) opportunities.
About Bentancur and Juventus, you are right that it should be simple....but it looks like they are complicating things. They haven't made it as simple as "we want him/we don't want him". They are saying "we want him, but now now. We'll pay you 3mil now and leave him with you for a year, and than we'll pay the rest". They are really screwing this up for us and putting Boca in a tight spot. I think Boca wants to keep the good relations with Juventus and they may not want to ruin that for 1-2mil (Milan offering a couple mil for than that 9.4 agreed price with Juve). Also, it's really not a bad deal for them to keep him for an extra year and still be guaranteed a sale for almost the same price. In the end we may have to offer a lot more (the rumored 15?) In order for Boca not to have much of a choice...and it looks like we are kind of relying on the will of the player.
I hope we don't do that if it's the case. It's a risk to begin with and I think there are other (better) opportunities.