All Juventus: Conte is close to saying goodbye to Naples, or joining Juventus with Lukaku

According to the full Juventus news, Conte, who led Naples to win the Serie A championship, is approaching leaving office, and his potential next Juventus may become a beneficiary. Rumors say Conte plans to bring forward Lukaku to join. If this deal is completed, it may not only reshape Juventus's forward line, but also clear obstacles for Naples to introduce David.

The rumors of "breakup" between Conte and Naples originated from "divergent tactical concepts". Although he led the team to end the championship drought after Maradona's era, he had conflicts with the management on "building a team as a young team" - Conte advocated retaining a "mature lineup to attack the Champions League", and the club hoped to sell high-paying veterans (such as Lukaku's annual salary of 7 million euros) to make room for the introduction of new stars such as David (annual salary expected to be 4.5 million euros). "Roman Sports" revealed that Conte was disappointed that the "championship was asked to be cleaned after the season". His team had been in contact with Juventus for two weeks, and the two sides reached a preliminary consensus on "three-year contract + transfer decision-making power".

Lukaku's "transfer linkage" has become a key variable. He contributed 14 goals and 6 assists on loan to Napoli this season, and his "full role" (period of 2.8 successful goalkeepers) and "key battle attributes" (6 strong conversations with 3 goals and 2 assists) were deeply trusted by Conte. If you follow your mentor to join Juventus, you will fill the vacancy after Vlahovic left the team (it is expected to join Paris Saint-Germain). His "Serie A experience + confrontation ability" can be adapted to Juventus' "352 formation". But the salary problem is an obstacle - Juventus can only provide "5 million euros annual salary + bonus", which is 28% lower than its current salary and needs to be compensated by "portrait rights sharing + Champions League bonus".

For Naples, "sending off Conte + Lukaku" is actually a "reconstruction cost". Although he is reluctant to part with the champion coach, the management settles the economic accounts: Lukaku's transfer can recover 8 million euros in loan and buyout fees, and at the same time make available for David's salary space (the total salary expenditure is expected to decrease by 2.5 million euros per year). More importantly, David's "i.e. combat power + commercial value" (Canadian market development potential) is regarded as the core of the "post-Osmayen era". Coach Spalletti has promised the management: "If David is signed, we can build a more sustainable championship team." Juventus' "Conte Restoration" plan carries "revival anxiety". After experiencing the turmoil in Tudor's season, the management is eager to quickly return to the championship ranks with the combination of "champion coach + mature striker". Conte's "three central defender system" is highly consistent with Juventus' existing lineup (Bremer and Gatti are both from three central defenders), while Lukaku and Chiesa Jr.'s "left linkage" (the two of them have a success rate of confrontation this season is over 60%) may become the core of the offensive. A survey by Turin Sports Daily showed that 72% of Juventus fans supported the deal, believing that "champion experience is more important than younger."

This "three-party linkage" transfer game is essentially a trade-off between "short-term achievements and long-term construction" of Serie A giants. Whether Conte and Lukaku's "Juventus Dream" can be realized depends on Naples' "decision to let go" and Juventus' "salary mediation ability". As Juventus said: "In the football world, there is no impossible transfer, only timely exchange of interests - and this time, the fate of Conte and Lukaku may be bound to the negotiating table between Juventus and Naples."

When Conte stood in the player channel of the São Paulo Stadium and looked back at the stadium that brought his first Serie A championship, he might not have thought that his next journey would be so closely connected with a Belgian striker and a northern giant. And the answer to all this may be gradually revealed in the turmoil of this summer's transfer window.