Juventus are increasingly active in the transfer market for players whose contracts expire on 30 June, who will be available on a free transfer: these include the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona); Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), German midfielder Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Austrian midfielder Xaver Schlager (Leipzig), Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessié (Al-Ahli) and Italian midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma); Argentinian centre-back Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth), Spanish right-back Oscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) and Turkish right-back Zeki Celik (Roma) in defence. On the left flank, meanwhile, plays another player favoured by the Bianconeri: Leonardo Spinazzola.
Getty Images SportSky reports that Juventus’ management has already made initial contact regarding a possible return for the player, born in 1993, who previously wore the black-and-white shirt from 2010 to 2012 in the Primavera squad – winning the Viareggio Tournament – and in the 2018/2019 season with the first team. There, he made 12 appearances, providing an assist for Cristiano Ronaldo in the 1-1 derby draw with Torino, and won the Scudetto and the Italian Super Cup.
He was then sold to Roma for €6.7 million plus Luca Pellegrini (now at Lazio). After five years in the Giallorossi shirt, scoring seven goals and providing 21 assists in 151 appearances and winning the Conference League, in the summer of 2024 he moved on a free transfer to Napoli, where he has so far made 65 appearances, scoring four goals and providing six assists, winning another Scudetto and another Italian Super Cup. Not to mention his 26 appearances for the senior national team, with seven assists and victory at the 2021 European Championships. To date, the club owned by president Aurelio De Laurentiis has not offered him a renewal of his contract, which expires in June.
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