Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta spoke to Italian newspaper "Tuttosport" earlier, revealing that the Turin giants turned down offers for both Giorgio Chiellini and Arturo Vidal, while captain Gianluigi Buffon also chose to stay over the summer transfer period.
“The problem is that, apart from a few exceptions like Atletico Madrid, the rule is that the top Champions League places go to clubs with huge revenues. Today’s Bayern Munich, in my view, are simply unbeatable.
“We want to put ourselves in a stable position among the top eight European clubs. At the moment that’s all that matters.”
“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.
“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.”
Vidal was consitently linked with both Manchester United and Real Madrid over the summer.
“We didn’t want to give Vidal to Manchester United, end of story,” continued Marotta. “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.”
“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.”