Juventus closing in on signing Oscar Mingueza from Celta Vigo

Juventus started off their transfer window by making a swap move with FC Porto. This was a deal which saw Alberto Costa move to Porto. Costa was wanted by multipule clubs after some excellent performances at the Club World Cup with Juventus. Porto where one of the teams interested and got the deal done.

However, Porto could only complete the deal if it was a swap, so Juventus and Porto opened negotiations. The two clubs did manage to come to an agreement with Juventus over a swap deal. The two teams managed to come to a deal that would see Juventus receive full-back Joao Mario.

Mario came to Turin, full of hope to be a key player for Tudor in his squad instead that didn’t happen. He struggled to get regular minutes for Juventus, and couldn’t find a place in Tudors squad. Especially with the poor form Juventus where in Joao Mario had plenty of opportunities to make way into the squad.

Joao Mario of Juventus arrives at the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD3 match between Real Madrid C.F. And Juventus…

Then Juventus decided to change coaches firing Tudor and replacing him with Luciano Spalletti, formerly of Napoli. Spalletti has turned Juventus around and improving their form. However, Joao hasn’t been apart of that playing only 33 minutes since Spalletti joined Juventus at the start of November.

This has lead to rumours of Joao leaving Juventus in January at the end of this season, or in January. This will mean Juventus will need to sign a right back to replace him, and they already have their eye on someone according to Nico Schira.

Oscar Mingueza is the lead target from Celta Vigo, as he is looking to leave the club. His contract expires at the end of this season and he likely won’t extend with Celta Vigo, this has lead to the rumours of him leaving in January. Juventus are one of the several teams interested in him.

However, so far Juventus have the edge on the competition as they have agreed terms with Mingueza already. This has lead to Juventus looking to complete the deal in January. Now they just need to agree a fee with Celta Vigo to complete the deal which will be around 3-4 million euros.