According to DhnetAxel Witsel is expected to engage in the coming days with Udinese. Free since the end of his contract at Atlético de Madrid, the player will sign a one -year contract, with an option for an additional season. At 36, he was convinced by this new challenge in Serie A, which he dreamed of discovering after having known the Bundesliga and the Liga.
If he has hoped to stay in Spain for a time, discussions took place with Betis, Getafe and Rayo, it was finally the Frioul club, 12th in the past season, which managed to reach out to him. Witsel has also never hidden its ambition to compete in a last major international competition, and the 2026 World Cup remains in a corner of its head. The new Belgian coach Rudi Garcia would have suggested that in the event of good club performance, a place in the group remained possible.
