Rafa Benitez has been offered a four-year deal worth £16million and a £70m transfer fund in the latest attempt by Juventus to lure him away from Liverpool.
Details of the Italian club’s determination to install him in the summer emerged in the wake of a six-hour meeting between the Liverpool manager’s agent and two Juve board members in Milan last weekend.
Club president Jean-Claude Blanc and director Carlo Barel di Sant’Albano told Manuel Garcia Quilon a contract worth almost £4m a year had been drawn up and that up to £70m would be available for new signings.
It is understood potential transfer targets were discussed, with Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko and Fiorentina left back Juan Manuel Vargas figuring prominently, after it was made clear Benitez would demand a complete overhaul of Juventus’s defence.
Benitez has yet to decide whether to continue with a Liverpool contract that runs until 2014 and is aware there could be a vacancy at his old club Real Madrid, with Manuel Pellegrini expected to be sacked.
On the shopping list: Dzeko (left) and Vargas
But Juventus believe the Spaniard could yet be swayed by the terms and conditions in Turin.
Apart from the financial inducements, they are debt-free and on schedule to move into a new stadium next year after being given land to build on.
On Friday, Benitez's agent said: 'The intention of Benitez is to fulfil the contract that he has with Liverpool until 2014 but it's true that the club is subject to fluctuations in theirfinancial situation. They could influence the future of the club and therefore Benitez as well.'
source: dailymail
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