Juventus are looking for a back-up for Dusan Vlahovic and reports in Italy suggest Barcelona striker Memphis Depay is the favourite for the role.

The Bianconeri must replace Alvaro Morata who returned to Atletico Madrid after a two-year spell in Turin.

Juventus didn’t activate their €35m option to buy to sign the Spanish striker permanently, trying to negotiate a lower fee with the Colchoneros, but failed to strike a deal.

Therefore, they are now looking at alternative targets and multiple reports in Italy suggest Depay is the favourite for the role.

The ex-Manchester United striker can leave the Nou Camp on a free transfer although his contract expires next year.

Gazzetta and Tuttosport highlight that the issue is the striker’s salary given that the Dutchman gets circa €9m per season at the Nou Camp.

According to Gazzetta, Anthony Martial is also an option for the Bianconeri and the same is true of Luis Muriel, but neither Manchester United nor Atalanta are willing to let their strikers leave for free.

4 thought on “Juventus transfer news: Depay favourite over Martial and Muriel”
  1. I’m unsure as to what Juve are looking in Martial or Luis Muriel? Both are average or below-average players with few shining moments.

    Depay could be a solid addition since he has good technique, first touch, and sometimes knows how to dribble. Not to mention that he is deadly from set pieces and has an eye for goal.

    Surely, he’s not the most fastest player around, but having Di Maria, Kostic, Cuadrado, and Chiesa (even Vlahovic) to make up for lost speed, I can only see Juve benefit from a player like Depay.
    The only issue would be his high salary demands. IF Juve can workaround this, we’ll have a fantastic addition in the front line.

  2. Juve is still 30m positive form the sale of De ligt , added to 15m to the probable sale of Rabiot, that’s 50m , even if we don’t sell Arthur we can still buy someone like Raspadori pretty easily with just the sum recieved from this transfer window. And yet they are looking for free transfers
    gosh

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