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Juventus are braced for a busy month with the January transfer window opening tomorrow. The Bianconeri, like a lot of other clubs, have been hit massively by the Covid-19 pandemic in a financial sense. Without sufficient funds at their disposal, Juventus had to be smart about their deals in the summer transfer window.
They signed players like Chiesa on initial loan deals with an obligation to buy later on. Now Juventus are preparing for another busy transfer window. Andrea Pirlo had inherited an ageing unit of players and still has a lot of work to do in order to revitalize his squad.
They have a fair number mof players on the fringes and they could all be set to depart over the course of the next four weeks. Without further ado, let's take a look at five players who could leave Juventus in the January transfer window.
4 players who could leave Juventus in the January transfer window
#4 Manolo Portanova
20-year-old Manolo Portanova rose through the ranks at the Lazio youth teams and secured a switch to Juventus in 2017. He has been used rather sparingly and has made 26 appearances for the Juventus u-23 side.
He has struggled to make an impact for the senior side and has made just two appearances for Juventus in the Serie A this term. Portanova is 20-years-old and he desperately needs more playing time in his formative years if he is to live up to the promise.
Portanova is reportedly open to a loan move and has been offered to Genoa in exchange for young Nicolo Rovella. 20-year-olds should be getting plenty of minutes out there on the pitch and Portanova is almost certain to secure a loan move this January as it's clear that we won't see much of him if he remains in Turin.
#3 Sami Khedira
Sami Khedira should have ideally left Juventus last summer. The club was looking to offload some of the senior players and wanted to mutually agree to a contract termination with the likes of Gonzalo Higuain and Sami Khedira. The former left and joined Inter Miami.
However, Khedira decided to stay put at Juventus and hoped to win back a place in the team. Things haven't, however, worked out as he would have liked and he hasn't featured even once this season. Khedira is almost certain to leave the club in January and Carlo Ancelotti reportedly wants to bring him to Everton.
#2 Federico Bernardeschi
The 26-year-old winger Federico Bernardeschi's time might be up at Juventus. For close to two years, he has been consistently named as one of the players that the Bianconeri would love to exchange for their top targets.
This season, Bernardeschi has started only two games in the Serie A. He has come off the bench on seven occasions and it doesn't look like Bernardeschi will be able to hold down a starting berth at Juventus.
He has just a single assist from across 14 appearances this season so far. But to be fair to him, he has only started only three of those games.
Though he might not be a great fit at Juventus, Bernardeschi has a lot of quality in him and he could very well revive his career at a different club. He is a divisive figure and after initially impressing for Juventus, he started struggling once Maurizio Sarri took over.
Bernardeschi has not recovered properly since and the former Fiorentina player has not lived up to his potential. But the important thing is that he is only 26-years-old and still has plenty of years of football left in him.
#1 Paulo Dybala
Paulo Dybala is a fan favourite at Juventus and the supporters were livid when the club almost let him leave in the summer of 2019. The Argentine ended up staying put at the Allianz Stadium and proved his worth by turning in several world-class performances.
However, La Joya has struggled to nail down a starting spot under new manager Andrea Pirlo. He contracted the coronavirus at the start of the season and has failed to do anything of note so far this season.
He has started only five games this season and has come off the bench in three games. Dybala has scored just two goals from across 13 appearances this season in the Serie A and UEFA Champions League combined.
According to Tuttosport, the Bianconeri have tabled a new contract offer worth €10 million per season and are waiting to see if Dybala would take it or leave it. With Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola talking up a return to Juventus, several reports have claimed that Juventus might look to swap Dybala for the Frenchman.
According to Eurosport, Juventus are looking for ways to sign Pogba in January as they know that there will be more competition to sign him in the summer. However, they cannot afford to offer more than £50 million in cash which is well short of Manchester United's valuation of Paul Pogba.
As such, there is a real possibility that Dybala could be swapped for Pogba in the January transfer window.
