<p>Gyokeres, Juve studies the decisive thrust: meetings and calls to snatch the yes</p>

No need to settle. If there is a motto, a guideline, a sort of inspirational tune to which - and with which - the new Juventus is referring, here it is: dream big and then return to the dimension of the past. Because the time for data and cross-analysis may have come, but the most talkative and concrete part is still the pitch. And what is it, what does it say? That Viktor Gyokeres , 27 years old, Swedish, currently at Sporting Lisbon, is a finished striker . He could be the upgrade, the leap in quality, and not a generator of regrets, because having more regrets after having seen the old rejects blossom elsewhere, no, no one really wants that. So, Gyokeres. With 54 goals scored in his curriculum last season, with the Golden Boot slipping away on the final straight, where Mbappé was faster and scored more times (but only a couple), and with a price, regardless, still high. But not more than the amount set aside at the time of Giuntoli for the Osimhen operation, so nothing to invent or treasures to be found elsewhere.

At least 70 million euros will be needed , perhaps a little less, while we wait to see how the market will move around the centre-forward, in demand everywhere and especially in England, with Manchester United reported to be pressing hard and now worried about the hunger for strikers of Simone Inzaghi's Al Hilal , who in turn is being burned by Osimhen's uncertainties. Here we go again, in short. The classic waltz of the strikers is ready to become a summer hit again , a piece that is never out of fashion. Only this time it could start earlier than expected, thanks to the transfer window overlooking the World Cup, but also the sacrosanct and widespread fear of being left empty-handed while all around the first boxes begin to fill in. Like the game of musical chairs: someone will inevitably be left standing and eliminated. The important thing then becomes to take part in the dance and bring out the best, which is why Juventus has decided to sign up for the Swede's race: perhaps the most complicated, but certainly the most intriguing.

He is doing so with numerous contacts, which started last week with a meeting with agents in London through intermediaries, and then new direct calls over the most recent weekend. The idea is to constantly monitor the situation before launching the decisive attack, thus moving on to the offer capable of putting the Bianconeri in pole position. It won't be immediate, but it will be quick. Because the player won't wait for proposals forever and because the most widespread feeling is that Sporting itself has little in its hands, with whom the striker has a verbal agreement to free himself for a figure that is all in all contained compared to the exploit of last season. It will then be Gyokeres who chooses his destination , and he will do so based on the complete package: economic, planning, personal ambitions. Juve can currently offer him the number nine of a team that is in the process of being rebuilt, but ready to aim for the top soon, with the name of the Swede symbol of a new era. Interesting, isn't it? Who knows if it's enough. If it isn't, we'll go back to dancing, falling back into the wildest waltz in search of alternatives.

The second name on the list remains Retegui , who has ended up in the Arab sights and is also being watched by Milan, despite waiting to speak with Juric. Then there is Lucca, for whom Udinese is starting with a decidedly high starting bid and is monitoring Roma's attention. David, on the other hand, seems to have faded (like Hojlund, who is closer to Inter) and for this reason he is re-proposing himself in England, where Arsenal want to close a big deal with Sesko as soon as possible, a name that has been talked about several times in the Juventus orbit. Who is left? Núñez (Liverpool) attracted by the sirens of the Saudi Pro League. Then Gonçalo Ramos , proposed last January to Giuntoli and in any case on Comolli's notebook, who will have the final decision on which chair to sit on before the music ends, the objectives go away, and the last market becomes fertile ground for regrets.