Juventus, new name pops up for defense

The idea would be to have the Blaugrana defender on loan

Giuntoli è activated. As reiterated on several occasions, the Bianconeri top executive è looking for at least one defender, so as to implement the back pack available to Thiago Motta. The injuries to Bremer and Cabal, oblige Giuntoli to look for a new defender and, possibly, to do so rather quickly.

There are many names on Giuntoli’s notebook. Hancko remains the hottest name, although Feyenoord is trying to make a wall. There would also be Antonio Silva but Benfica wants a monster sum to let him go. Tomori seems impossible (Conceiçao considers him important for his project), as well as Skriniar (moreù easy for him to settle at Napoli).

Hence a new, rather peculiar idea from Giuntoli himself, who, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, is reportedly thinking about Araujo, a Uruguayan defender on loan from Barcelona. Class of 1999, he wears the blaugrana jersey from 2019.

This summer he suffered a bad injury in the Copa America and, in fact, è recently returned to availability. At Barcelona he seems closed to other profiles, so he might even consider moving to Turin, Juventus side. Giuntoli would like him on loan. At the moment, Barcelona would not be willing to consider the matter, partly because he is currently focused on the Dani Olmo case.