Juventus market, in the crosshairs for expensive French jewel

Juventus’ difficulties are obvious to everyone and the Bianconeri management is working to sort out the squad available to Luciano Spalletti: in January there will be a few grafts but the real revolution (the umpteenth in recent years) will take place in the summer, when there will be more time to organize negotiations and it will be understood where to start from. For sure, however, it is very clear that there is a lack of quality in the Old Lady’s midfield, which is why Damien Comolli has already taken action and asked his collaborators for a list of possible signings for the upcoming summer soccer market session.

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In the list of possible signings there is also the name of Ayyoub Bouaddi, a young Frenchman who is shining with the Lille jersey. Class of 2007, Bouaddi is a very technical player who likes to play in front of the defense but can also be deployed in a slightly advanced position. Scoring goals is not in his line but he has great game vision and huge potential, which is why there is not only Juventus on his trail: it seems that some English clubs have also been eyeing the French star. Raised in Lille, Ayyoub Bouaddi joined the first team starting in 2023. In recent months his value has risen tremendously and it could take more than 60 million euros to buy him.

On Wednesday night Juventus won 2-0 against Pafos but the Bianconeri&#8217s performance was not particularly convincing and Alessandro Del Piero also highlighted it from Sky studios: “There can be heaviness on teams, because we have seen these players in other teams lighter in head and physically. The difficulties are objective and daily, because maybe today you win and then in Bologna you get two goals: who knows. There is the weight of history, of society, of victories. But also the weight of the recent past: this team is also the child of what happened last year, which was a major change of leading players, replaced with youngsters. And the Juventus environment is not easy. It is not an environment you can associate with just anyone, it is not for everyone. It is a more complex situation”.

“I ask Luciano Spalletti if he has time – continued the Juventus legend -Already he has come in running and he has a defensive emergency situation, he changes so much, he has no tactical certainties or even performance certainties, except from Kenan Yildiz. Where do you go to fish for things and create certainties? It is true that you have no certainties, but you have to create some. And instead it becomes much more tiring to get into someone’s head, especially those who play less”. Since Luciano Spalletti took over from Igor Tudor, the Old Lady has collected 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat, the one suffered against Napoli at the Stadio Maradona on December 7.