Juventus: Skriniar target for January after Bremer’s injury

History repeats itself: in October Juventus finds itself forced to start a long countdown, trusting in the reopening of the January transfer window to improve its defence. Unlike a year ago, when Kelly arrived from Newcastle and Renato Veiga on loan from Chelsea, the situation is less drastic and definitive. This time Bremer will be out of action for two months, not ten. But at Continassa they are aware that both the Brazilian and Juan Cabal (already back in the pits due to a muscle problem) will be subject to ups and downs, restarts and new stops. More or less what happens to many players the season following cruciate surgery. For all these reasons, the Juventus managers will also keep their antennas straight on the centre-backs in the next two-three months, preferably if rented and with a good knowledge of Serie A.

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If the beginning of January were today, the first name the Lady would start with would be that of the football player Milan Skriniar, already explored a year ago when he ended up on the fringes of PSG. The former Sampdoria and Inter player left Fenerbahce at the specific request of José Mourinho. The farewell of the Special One, now at Benfica, makes Skriniar’s position on paper more “attackable” by Juventus. The 30-year-old Slovakian is an idea already explored in July. In eighty days it will be understood whether it can become something more, also based on Bremer’s post-surgery conditions. The Juventus radars will especially keep an eye on the “dissatisfied” market, i.e. that of the big players who are rarely employed in the top clubs: see the former Napoli player Kim, often on the bench at Bayern. The Korean, however, is non-EU: not a detail.

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Juventus, after the hiring of Canadian Jonathan David on a free transfer, retains a place for an “extra-EU” move. But the hope of Igor Tudor, who is confident in the arrival of a right winger and a midfielder of international standing, is to occupy the last spot with Nahuel Molina of Atletico Madrid. The Argentine did not accept the loan to Turin in August, but the World Cup is approaching and he is playing little in Madrid. Mediations are working to change the former Udinese man’s mind. The enlistment of a right back would allow Tudor to permanently bring Kalulu back into the defensive trio, often deployed at full flank in these first months. If Molina is the name you like the most – he is world champion, he knows Serie A and after the Nico Gonzalez deal the relations with Atletico are excellent – in October the reasoning is varied. Jonathan Clauss (Nice), already coached by Tudor in Marseille and treated in August, also resists on the lists of Damien Comolli – director general and next director. A different – and younger – profile is that of the 21-year-old Englishman Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa), followed several times live.