Yildiz, the 10 is not enough: why the Juve plan does not convince the entourage

The black and white club is ready to put Kenan at the centre of the project and Motta considers him important, but there is still a distance between the parties

Kenan Yildiz sits at the center of the village. Thiago Motta put him there , as soon as he took over as Juventus coach , he began to discuss things with Cristiano Giuntoli : who stays on this side, who has to leave on that. The Turk has remained firmly on this side, ready to take on the role of star of the team, after having begun to shine last season. The problem is that the contract signed only twelve months ago, when the label stuck on him was that of a Next Gen player , does not reflect the current hierarchies. And the ambitions of the boy and his entourage, in turn, do not coincide with the plans of the club.

Juve and Yildiz's renewal

The premise, almost obvious, is hidden in the fact that the club is fully aware of the technical (and economic) assets it holds in its hands, after having snatched Yildiz from Bayern Munich thanks to a sensational intuition between scouting and the market. For this reason, the management has opened up to the contract renewal , even though the last one was signed last August and is valid until 2027. It is right to bring his compensation, which currently stands at around 300 thousand euros, to first team level. Yes, but what level? The club has proposed an adjustment that reaches one million euros, but the response received from the staff that follows the 2005-born striker - headed by his father, after the stormy farewell to the agent Carlos Ruiz with whom there is an ongoing legal dispute - would have been rather cold. The aims are evidently higher, and not by a little. And this would have inevitably stiffened the black and white counterpart, who did not put a simple economic agreement on the table. Not only that, at least.

Yildiz, a future to be written

In fact, Juventus would have the intention of building a broader narrative around the figure of Yildiz. That of a very young and talented boy capable of taking on the club's dreams and ambitions, perhaps wearing an iconic symbol like the number 10 shirt . He would, in fact. Because the present appears bright, illuminated by that goal against Bologna in the last round of last season that almost sounds like a programmatic manifesto, but the future is still to be written. On and off the pitch. In the meantime, having concluded his holidays after the efforts at the European Championships with Turkey, Yildiz has returned to work with the group. And on Saturday, in Pescara, he got the first minutes of the new season under his belt. This evening, more will follow. And then more. Waiting, there in the centre of the village, to understand if he can put down roots.