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Scouting Notebook: Juventus' Rodrigo Bentancur Is a Nemanja Matic-Like Prospect

As Aprils go, Juventus have enjoyed a pretty damn good one. In this month alone, they secured passage to the Coppa Italia final by overcoming Napoli over two legs, pulled further clear at the top of Serie A thanks to some convincing clean-sheet victories and held Barcelona scoreless for 180 minutes on the path to the Champions League semi-finals. That's not bad, when you think about it.

Things got even better last weekend, as the club confirmed the permanent signing of Boca Juniors midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, 19, for a measly £8 million.