Juventus are claimed to be considering a move for Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte this summer, having agreed a deal to allow Merih Demiral to join Atalanta.
The 27 year-old decided to switch his international allegiances this summer having been overlooked on a number of occasions by France, and enjoyed a regular role for Spain as they reached the semi-final stages of Euro 2020, before being eliminated by Italy.
City splashed £65 Million on his signature only three summers ago, but Ruben Dias and John Stones emerged as the favoured pairing last term, while Nathan Ake looks set to get the nod alongside the Portuguese when the Citizens take on FA Cup champions Leicester this weekend in the Community Shield.
You could be forgiven for believing that Aymeric is now the fourth-choice starter at the Etihad, and could well be available for a fraction of the fee they paid in 2018.
TuttoSport(via InsideFutbol) claims we are considering the Spain defender as an option to replace Demiral however, with Barcelona also claimed to hold an interest.
Should we move for Laporte, Radu Dragusin would likely be the worst off as he would have been set to play as back-up to favoured trio Leo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini and Matthijs De Ligt, but Laporte would make that trio a quartet of first-team options, and the Romanian may well have to consider his options.
Do Juve need a fourth senior centre-back or is Radu due his chance?
Patrick
no you are struggling to even get locatelli done. just stop it cherubini!
Loaning Demiral is a huge mistake. He is a beast who couldn’t show his best due to bad timing of injuries. I hope Juve have made it easy to claim him again once he stars for Atalanta.
demiral is low quality, u can watch it again the euro replay. big tournament yet sluggish and made too many mistakes for years his been in seri A.
why bother with spanish def who play at england? why not buying BASTONI the real beast or mancini who display good quality?
milan ex captain also cheaper and similar with legrotaglie style.
why we have to rely on foreign defensore while italia best quality is their defender.
de ligt was the example how high salary & hypes not equal to performance and result.
buy bastoni, cherubini. stop making transfer blunders with useless merc
Surely Milinkovic from Fiorentina for $15-20M should be a priority over Laporte. Otherwise give Dragusin a proper chance as Chiellini and Bonucci are coming to an and.
Hans N Caviglia is good player.
Give him some chance, he is next marchisio.
Give ranochia, elias solberg, di pardo a chance on coppa. Their 4 is juve future.
Let’s wait and see…demiral had injuries most of the season…! If he performs at Atlanta all the best…we want the best of Juventus this season nothing else…All the best Allegri & the Old lady.
Dragusin has the makings of a world class stopper, give him a chance to play.
Radu will perform well. He has all the tools and the intelligence to learn from Georgio and Leo. No need to splash more money on the backline, considering Daniel’s positiinal flexibility.