Juventus have let a business opportunity slip by, according to Giuseppe Marotta, the current chief executive of Inter.

One of football’s greatest gems, Haaland is now a major asset to Dortmund, spending 20 million on the striker in 2020. The player could have gone to Italy earlier, and at a much better price.

According to Giuseppe Marotta, former Juventus director and current CEO of Inter Milan, who worked in Turin between 2010 and 2019, the Norway international could have played in Serie A and at the club that has dominated Italian football for the past decade.

“When I was at Juventus, there was a possibility to sign Haaland for 2.5 million euros when he was playing at Molde. Sometimes you have to go over budget when you are told you are facing a champion. Can he play in Italy?” No. Our league is moving to other leagues. Players play in Italy and then go looking for higher salaries. We have to be creative and not be naive,” he said in remarks reprinted in Gazzetta dello. Sport.

Before arriving in Dortmund, remember that Haaland played for a year in Salzburg, for which he paid … eight million for his birth.