Like last year, Juventus’ interest in Nicolò Zaniolo continues to be talked about, but the deal appears more complicated than in the past.
Franco Leonetti, journalist, spoke to the microphones of calciomercato.it, broadcast on the Twitch TVPLAY channel, to talk about the Juventus market, the Chiesa knot, the Zaniolo deal and the permanence of Massimiliano Allegri.
“Chiesa’s situation is very delicate,” admitted the interviewee. “The player expires in 2025, it’s not tomorrow, but it’s a fairly close deadline. We’ll see if the demands are what are emerging. I think he must remain calm and work to return to his levels, then the club will have to make its choices.”
Still on Chiesa, Leonetti said that the offensive outfielder no longer seems to him the player he once was. “Before he had shown he was a top player, this year he failed to be what he was. There are players who after overcoming a cruciate injury after eight months are ready, others take longer. Chiesa used to break races, today he is not that kind of player, let’s hope he will be again soon. “
Regarding Juventus’ chances of catching Zaniolo, the journalist said he was not a fan of the trequartista: ‘Yesterday he didn’t excite me, but he has already become a summer catchphrase. I think I was one of the very few in Italy last year to say that he was not a priority for Juventus. We’ll talk about it throughout the summer but at the moment I understand that Zaniolo is far from Juventus: Galatasaray want at least 25 million and Juventus at the moment don’t want to spend those figures. “
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“Juventus have made the deadline for Milik’s redemption expire, there has been coldness from Marseille. Milik has spoken saying that he would like the ransom, next week there should be a new meeting and the transfer should be made for the agreed sum, which is 7 million plus bonuses. It could be either an onerous loan with a buy-back obligation or some other formula, but Milik is very close to staying at Juventus,’ the journalist further explained.
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“I believe that Vlahovic will only leave if the right offer arrives,” said the interviewee again, “not because of the frictions there have been with the club. The frictions, at most, can help a choice. The question is what is his physical condition, the pubalgia factor is becoming heavy and difficult to solve. Vlahovic’s pubalgia can give problems in view of the market’.
In addition to discussing Zaniolo, Juventus will also talk to Galatasaray about McKennie: ‘The Turkish club is interested in McKennie, Juventus values him at 30/35 million, we will see if there will be proposals from other teams, Juventus wants to make money. Then maybe with Galatasaray we will also talk about Zaniolo, but I understand that Galatasaray is more interested in McKennie than Juventus for Zaniolo”.