Conceiçao’s approval for the AC Milan player is awaited, Benfica block on Silva. Slovak remains the priority
Two defenders have already said goodbye to the season and another was taken out of the project in the last few hours. Added to the serious injuries of Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal (cruciate), is the “breakup” of Juventus with Danilo, excluded from the squad for the Italian Super Cup and on the transfer market (Napoli and Milan in pole position). For all these reasons, director Cristiano Giuntoli is preparing a half-revolution for the month of January. At least two reinforcements: one as quickly as possible, perhaps already after the Riyadh Super Cup, and another by the end of the winter negotiations. At Continassa, after the sowing of the last few months, they urgently need to tighten up. The priority remains the wildcard David Hancko (Feyenoord), for whom a new assault is planned. The feeling, however, is that a week/ten days will not be enough to break the Dutch resistance. This is why, right now, Giuntoli hopes to give Thiago Motta one of Tomori or Antonio Silva first. The most advanced negotiation is the one with the Rossoneri: after the steps forward in recent days, Juventus is now also awaiting the green light from the new AC Milan coach, Sergio Conceiçao. Tomori had ended up on the sidelines with Fonseca, but it is not certain that his successor is opposed to the Englishman’s departure.
antonio silva crossroads
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Meanwhile at Continassa they continue to work on alternative tables. Starting with the one with Benfica for Antonio Silva, assisted by the powerful agent Jorge Mendes. Cristiano Ronaldo’s historic agent came out publicly in recent days: “Juve wants Antonio Silva and the player wants to sign, but Benfica has the final say.” They didn’t take it well in Lisbon and continue to block it: for the moment at Da Luz they haven’t yet opened up to a loan. Mendes remains optimistic and hopes to replicate a Conceicao encore, but he also has a plan B ready given that Silva wants a change of scenery to play. If Juventus were to eventually close for Tomori, the Benfica defender could take the former Chelsea player’s place in the Rossoneri. In the background Araujo of Barcelona.