For the moment, the month of July for Juventus Turin is far from being easy. Very discreet on the transfer market for the moment, the Piedmontese club are more busy seeking an agreement with UEFA to avoid sanctions against them on the European scene. Meanwhile, the Old Lady is targeted for a plethora of her players and sees certain files deemed priorities yesterday evaporate today. A damning observation which forces Juve to quickly have to work on the midfielder site which has been problematic for many months and which forced Massimiliano Allegri to field very young players in the midfield last year.
With this in mind, the Turin leaders have seen their priority track slip through their fingers in recent days. As we have been relaying for several days, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic will finally join Saudi Arabia and Al-Hilal. Priority target of the Bianconeri for several weeks, it also seemed that the player was waiting for a signal from Turin. In vain. Meanwhile, it is this same Saudi Arabia that is eyeing Paul Pogba. Not necessarily closed to the sale of the French, the Old Lady will therefore have to carry out a complete overhaul of her midfield if the 2018 world champion were to leave. In addition, the departures this summer of Weston McKennie and Denis Zakaria already seem certain while Leandro Paredes is already back in Paris. Therefore, several names are put forward to compensate for his many departures.
Koopmeiners, Samardžić, Diarra or even Kessié targeted
Teun Koopmeiners finds himself at the top of Turin’s wish list. The Dutch midfielder from Atalanta Bergamo is coming off a more than successful season in the Bergamo colors with 10 goals and 4 assists in 36 appearances. According la Repubblica, the Dea would claim between 45 and 50 million euros to let go of its 25-year-old manager. Under contract until 2025, the defector from AZ Alkmaar nevertheless represents a complicated file. As we exclusively revealed to you a few days ago, Koopmeiners are Brighton’s priority and several other Premier League and Serie A teams are keenly courting him. Faced with any hiccups that this file could raise, the residents of the Allianz-Stadium are advancing their pawns on other files. Followed by almost all the big Italian clubs, Lazar Samardžić is also targeted by Juventus. According to our information, AC Milan is still on the case while Inter and Napoli are considering matching the amount requested by Udinese. The arrival of Giuntoli in Turin is a game-changer because the Italian leader has always appreciated the profile of the player he already wanted at Napoli.
The Gazzetta dello Sport also evokes an interest of the Turinese for Habib Diarra. The promise of Strasbourg is very coveted, in particular by Lens, but the Alsatians are demanding 20 million euros from the Artésiens to attract the 19-year-old midfielder. Juventus Turin would also monitor the situation of Franck Kessié according to the Gazzetta dello sport. Tracked for many weeks by Saudi Arabia, the Ivorian environment is not insensitive to the charms of the Old Lady according to the indiscretions of the transalpine press. And while the arrival of Oriol Romeu from the Camp Nou side is imminent, Barça could accept an offer of around 15 million euros. A residual sum when we remember that Kessié is only 26 years old and that he reigned over the AC Milan midfielder a year ago. So many high-sounding names for the Piedmontese leaders who will have to activate if they do not want to relive the same disillusionment as with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
