Nico Gonzalez-Juve, Giuntoli has two cards. Sancho and Conceicao, open paths

The Bianconeri are trying to close the deal with Fiorentina: it's a head-to-head with Atalanta

The priority of the Juventus market increasingly concerns the attacking wingers. The blanket was already rather short - cut by the exclusion of Federico Chiesa , by the difficulties of the market and by tactical evaluations - but now it has further narrowed following the muscular injury of Weah who Thiago Motta has always used as an attacking winger and no longer as a full-back. The surprising, as well as successful, choice to deploy the young Mbangula was certainly triggered by what the coach saw in training (and therefore by merit), but also in some way by the need to choose from a meager squad, proof of which is that on the bench there was not even a full-time striker. And so it is time to speed up the entry of the reinforcements that Cristiano Giuntoli has been working on for some time amidst a thousand obstacles, starting with Nico Gonzalez .

The Nico Gonzalez Affair

The story is well known: there is already an agreement with the player (3.6 million net per year until 2029) and also one with the Fiorentina management for a onerous loan and a right of redemption for a total of 30 million euros. With the timing subordinated, however, to the purchase of Gudmundsson by the Viola club, which has now materialized without the Gonzalez issue being resolved . Because, in the meantime, Rocco Commisso has put himself in the way: the official version tells of his veto on the loan with the availability only for the definitive transfer not below the threshold of 40 million, the background story tells that he would prefer to sell him to Atalanta with Gasperini who has already moved in person to convince the Argentine who, however, continues to prefer the Juventus solution (also because the Juventus salary is higher).

A full-blown market intrigue that Juventus will try to resolve in their favor with two options that have been discussed for some time: the loans of Kostic and Arthur , with the parent company Juventus paying half of the Brazilian's salary. Contacts continue and the desire is to resolve the intrigue by the end of the week.

The Conceiçao track

Without forgetting, however, that Giuntoli is working on other tables, starting with the one with Porto for Francisco Conceiçao . Even in this case, the obstacle is represented by the club that does not want to hear about loans but only, in the words of president Villas-Boas: " sensible proposals ". As, evidently, the one from Juventus is not considered, which is aiming for a loan with the right to redeem. The Portuguese are only considering a permanent transfer, with a request of 30 million euros, and are waiting for the faint signals coming from the Premier League to become concrete.

The Sancho Flame

From that same Premier where the flame for a never forgotten black and white love was rekindled: that Sancho that Ten Hag has still excluded from the squad for United's last match. Rumors and intrigues, while Motta counts on injuries and thinks of "raising" Cambiaso's position, perhaps protected from behind by Kalulu who will have his medical today. A new arrival that could already start to have a positive impact on the problem of attacking wingers. Goodbye, however, to Djalò , one of the two hits of the January market : he will go on loan to Roma for one million with a right set at seven million.