A member of the defensive ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona is the topic of mounting curiosity on the a part of Juventus.
That’s in accordance with , citing La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, who level in direction of Ronald Araújo because the participant in query.
Juventus, it’s understood, have recognized the signing of a minimum of one new central defender as a precedence for the January switch window.
This comes after the Bianconeri noticed each Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal condemned to long-term spells on the sidelines with respective ACL tears.
A shortlist of choices has in flip been drawn up on the a part of the Allianz Stadium hierarchy.
And the aforementioned Araújo, it’s now claimed, sits on the very prime.
As per Sport, Juve are prepared to supply up a deal based mostly round an preliminary mortgage, adopted by a major necessary buyout clause in the summertime.
And while such a method could not attraction to Barcelona as of this second, it might show interesting within the not-so-distant future, with Araújo but to decide to an extension forward of the expiration of his contract on the Camp Nou subsequent yr.
Conor Laird – GSFN
