MELBOURNE, Australia -- Juventus boss
Massimiliano Allegri has declined to confirm
whether Gonzalo Higuain has had a medical with
the Italian champions and refused to answer
questions on Paul Pogba's potential move to
Manchester United.
Sky Sport Italia has reported that Juve have
agreed to meet the €94.7 million release clause in
Napoli striker Higuain's contract and that the 28-
year-old underwent a medical in Madrid on
Friday.
Asked about the rumours after Juve's penalty
shootout defeat to Melbourne Victory on Saturday,
Allegri said only: "I don't talk about transfer
news. The only thing I can talk about tonight is
the game."
Allegri also declined to offer any updates on the
progress of midfielder Pogba's transfer to United.
"As I said before, I'm not going to talk about
transfer news," he said. "We just had a game. I'm
not sure what's happened in the transfer market
during the last few days, so once again I prefer to
have questions during the game."
Allegri's side were short of big names against the
A-League team but the coach confirmed that
Miralem Pjanic and Medhi Benatia would be
available for Tuesday's match against Tottenham
after being rested.
He added: "It was a decent workout for us. I'm
happy with how our youngsters performed this
evening."
On Carlos Blanco's stunning opening goal for
Juve, he said: "He's got good feet and scored a
splendid goal."
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