# Aston Villa’s €25m bid for Rodrigo Bentacur rejected by Juventus

URL: https://technosports.co.in/aston-villas-e25m-rodrigo-bentacur/  
Published: 2022-01-28  
Updated: 2022-01-28  
Author: Arsh Das

Aston Villa have had their opening bid for Rodrigo Bentacur rejected by Juventus. Steven Gerrard’s club has made an offer worth €20 million, plus €5 million in add-ons. 

However, the Serie A club are holding out for a bigger fee. This is because they have a 30% sell-on clause from Boca Juniors, who will receive that amount of the transfer fee if the deal goes through. 

## Aston Villa will have to step up their offer for Rodrigo Bentacur 

Rodrigo Bentacur joined the Bianconeri from Boca Juniors in 2017, and has been a regular under Max Allegri this season. He has appeared in five of their six Champions League group stage games, and has started 13 of their Serie A games this season. 

> Juventus have received Aston Villa official bid for Rodrigo Bentancur: €20m plus €5m add ons. Not enough to accept yet – as Juve will pay 30% of future sale to Boca Juniors. 🇺🇾 [#AVFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AVFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)  
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> Juventus are monitoring Denis Zakaria and Nahitan Nández in case they’ll sell a midfielder.
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> — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) [January 28, 2022](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1487062475245764610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

His [current deal runs out in 2024](https://www.transfermarkt.co.in/rodrigo-bentancur/profil/spieler/354362), and as a result, Juventus are under no pressure to sell the player for a lesser amount than they’d like. Steven Gerrard believes that the Uruguayan international would be a valuable addition to the midfield, and would provide competition for Douglas Luiz in that position. 

Rodrigo Bentacur is in Uruguay on national team duty, and should an agreement be reached, a medical for the transfer will have to go through in South America itself. The Bianconeri recently agreed the signing of [Dusan Vlahovic](https://technosports.co.in/2022/01/28/dusan-vlahovic-to-join-juventus-e75m/), and already have a very strong squad. 

As a replacement for Bentacur in the long-term, Juventus are looking at Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria and Cagliari’s Nahitan Nández, who is also another Uruguay international.