Juventus are on the verge of completing a deal for Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Jonathan Ikone.
According to French newspaper L’Equipe, the 18-year-old French winger has already put pen to paper on a three-year-deal with the Bianconeri.
Ikone’s current deal with the French champions expires at the end of this month and he apparently chose Juventus after speaking with former Bianconeri winger Kingsley Coman, himself a former PSG youth product.
According to L’Equipe, PSG’s Jonathan Ikone has decided against signing professional contract with club. Player to join Juventus instead.
— Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) June 2, 2016
The Bianconeri have beaten off competition from Manchester United and Arsenal to secure the talented young player who lifted the Under-17 European title with France in 2015.
For more information on Ikone, have a read of this brief scouting report and be sure to watch some highlights of the player in action:
No more transfer news today, I promise – Only wanted to post this story and the Kovacic one as they both seem to have a ring of truth to them.
In addition to this story, theres also talk of Miki from Dortmund, while in actual real news:
– Morata says he never made those comments about Real Madrid and they were taken out of context
– Barcelona have confirmed Dani Alves will be leaving Barcelona – Apparently he signed a Juventus contract yesterday
– Draxler says he had agreed terms at Juve but schalke and Juve couldn’t reach an agreement.
Interesting…..mercato madness seems to be picking up – Gomes, Pjanic, Miki, Kovacic and so many others….this might be a longer summer than the last
No Gomes for us. Miki is a strange case. Pjanic would be great. But i guess he joins barca. We will see.
I hope for dani.
Captain
No complain at all from my side from you helping us navigate this turbulent waters.
It is always welcome and even needed someone knowledgeable who can actually give context to the amount of nonsense being flipped around (Now they are initiating the narrative of Madrid considering getting rid of a problem asset for them like James to get a Prime asset like Pogba, which is never going to happen. Even as a James compatriot I am I WOULD NOT include him in a Pogba deal, IT OUGHT TO BE A SEPARATE and INDEPENDANT negotiation).
Besides your context on the truth/nonsense and plausibility of the news it is even more welcome actual enlightening as to who in the world these prospect players actually are (1st time in life I hear about Ikoné), what are their characteristics, where would they fit at Juve or if at all, what is their value from Juve´s point of view compared to market.
That is the kind of context an enlightenment I have received so far from your posts and the following comments from the forum, and even more the one I have come to expect specially in a critical transer window for our aim of an immediate assault on UCL.
Rav my vote is to say FIRE AT WILL and keep em coming as you see fit.
Thank you and keep up the great work
Thanks for the words of encouragement Seb ! Always appreciated and it’s really good to see you on the site, commenting regularly – Very happy to have you on board here 😉
Lol PSG threaten to hijack Morata, and Alves deals (some may be made up stories, but still some may hold truth to them). Rather than talk we actually take action. I AM LOVING THIS MORE DECIDED NO NONSENSE SIDE OF JUVE :D… Marotta and Paratici have being doing their homework early (I am glad they are moving before the Euro/Coppa America asset bubble9 earning some grading points already, Coman is actually gaining back some points from the huge amount he lost with me since he left for Bayern.
i read someone else mention this Alves to PSG thing – Perhaps as response to us fishing after their youngsters all the time ? hahaha – serves them right
Well actually I read it since a day or 2 ago, its just there again today. So i don´t think they are retaliating.
On a similar note since you gave us such a useful link and video about the Ikoné scouting, which is what I am needing now to know who he is in the first place, I figured i´d try to somewhat make up for it and share the link where I saw the PSG news -although maybe rather than anything new it is a source you have known for ages and I am actually briefing you that earth is actually round shaped) but still here it is in case by some unknown reason you didn´t kow it.- It just so happens after I stumbled to it, it was one of the routes by which I kept coming to JuveFC consistently since JuveFC is often displayed.
https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/Serie+A/Juventus
This one seems programmed (by an algorithm or the like) to show any news that happen to be Juventus related even if only tangentially mentioned.
Probably it is the wrong suggestion for anyone wanting not to get drawn into the transfermarket madness, but on the contrary it rather is a jump straight into the middle of it. But who better than you to handle it.
Thanks again for the piece on Ikoné and the related information sources.
Morata now saying this:
“Dani Alves is one of the best players in the world, I’d like to play with him at Juventus.”
Very confusing
Let’s just wait for official confirmation regarding Morata, any official confirmation lol.
I just read the move bounced off, reportedly PSG convinced him to stay after all.
Transfer madness!!
Same story rinsed and repeated from earlier this year, my friend…
I have no memory of hearing about this player before!
Perhaps there is truth to your idea eh! Dont know what to think about the fact that he isnt called up. Its nice to lower his price tag, but why wasnt he picked for Les Bleus?
Interesting times ahead eh mate
https://www.tuttojuve.com/calciomercato/ikone-nel-mirino-della-juventus-289665 for one of a fair few of the tabloids. I doubt PSG care greatly of the Coman story, other than in terms of tying down their young starlets on bountiful contracts to stave away any interest from other clubs out of good business sense. However the 27m we have earned from Coman, is really a drop in the ocean of the blood drenched funds of the Qataris…
As for Rabiot…whose name has made it well beyond the italian tabloids for a year or so at least…
The french have a stunning squad, there is simply no room presently for a youngster unable to command a starting position throughout the season at his club.
Very very good young player, even better than Coman at his age in my opinion. PSG have nothing to be mad about, if you value your players you will do your best to keep them if not well you know. This is simply the market at its essential functioning. The last time I checked, they stole Verratti from us. By my valuation, he is a bigger talent than anyone coming from PSG academy. Besides, this team is notorious for over inflating the market and over paying players. So thank you PSG, and your plastic oil rich management.