If there's one thing Italian football loves more than loan deals with buy-options, it's going bonkers at airports to greet new arrivals. Mohamed Salah received a hero's welcome in Rome a few weeks ago; now it's fellow Chelsea flop Juan Cuadrado's turn to receive adoration normally reserved for the Pope, the Kardashians, and people who are generally better at their jobs than Johnny Squared has been at his recently. (And apparently this wasn't even at the Turin airport, but rather in Milan!)
È arrivato! E ha trovato subito un accoglienza straordinaria! #WelcomeCuadrado https://t.co/vDsqZcwGEv
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) August 24, 2015
And yes, that is the official Juventus Twitter account. No point in keeping this one a secret, I suppose.
L'entusiasmo per l'arrivo di @cuadrado è tutto in questi scatti #WelcomeCuadrado - Gallery: http://t.co/FHbwhiUah0 pic.twitter.com/dysSTH1dDp
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) August 24, 2015
Anybody speak Italian?
Volete sentire le prime parole di @cuadrado in bianconero? Eccole! #WelcomeCuadrado https://t.co/Aeji0qijfd
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) August 24, 2015
As we heard earlier, Cuadrado's due to take his medical tomorrow, which should promptly be followed some paperwork and an official announcement. Latest rumors claim a season-long loan (with a fee of around €1.5-2m), that may or may not have a buy-option attached to it to the tune of around €25m. Should Juventus exercise that option, we would recoup a good portion of the transfer fee that we spent on the winger from Fiorentina.