Moggi even went as far as saying that a medical has been completed. "In my opinion he has already signed and he had a medical with Juventus in Munich," he wrote on Twitter.

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Moggi later explained that he reached this conclusion after discussions with his connections.

"This is what I think after having spoken to important people," he later told Tele7Gold.Moggi has admired the Portuguese player for a decade and a half, having tried to bring him to Juventus back in 2002.