10 most expensive signings by Juventus

#7 Emerson - €28m

Emerson enjoyed success in his brief spell with Juventus

Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, known commonly as just Emerson, arrived at Juve in the summer transfer window of 2004 for a fee of €28m. Negotiations for the player’s transfer were protracted and lengthy with his former club AS Roma interested in selling him to Real Madrid instead of league rivals Juventus. However, the player’s preference for the Torinese club finally helped clinch the deal in favour of Juve.

Emerson won the Scudetto with Roma in his debut season for the club in 2000/01 and soon became one of the first names on the team sheet as he went on to secure the Supercoppa Italiana with the club in 2002 and finished runners-up in the Coppa Italia in 2003. However, despite winning two league titles with Juve, it did not hold good as the club was stripped of it on the back of the 2006 betting scandal.

The Brazilian started out at Gremio, winning trophies with the local team before swapping South America for the bright football lights of Europe by moving to German club Bayer Leverkusen in 1997. The defensive midfielder then made the switch to Italy which saw him enter one of the most noteworthy phases of his career.