Juventus looking to Lecce for new defender signing

Juventus have had a poor season so far, the Turin based side went winless in eight games in a row after their derby d’Italia win. This lead to Juventus dismissing, head coach Igor Tudor, and replaced him within a week. They bought in Scudetto winning Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti.

The coach bought in his own tactics, leading to some radical changes. This was present in the move which saw Teun Koopmeiners become a centre back. This saw some outrage amongst fans as the 60 million euro man was signed to create goals not stop them. This change was made for two reasons under Spalletti.

A lack of depth in the position and the injury to Gleison Bremer caused the change. However, Juventus are looking to solve this issue according to Tuttosport they are solving this issue in January. They are aiming to look inside Serie A to make this signing, looking at Tiago Gabriel from Lecce.

Juventus are looking at Gabriel as he has started this season in good form for Lecce, and is a younger player. Juventus like that he is only 20-years-old for two reasons. Firstly, he still has plenty of time to develop and isn’t a complete project, so he could hold a higher market value one day. Secondly, he is old enough where he can be assigned to next gen, not part of the serie a list, and still be called up for some games.

According to Nico Schria, Juventus have made first contact with the player and his entourage. These talks went well as he is open to a move to Turin and leaving Lecce. This means that this move could mean it happens as soon as Januray, if Juventus can negotiate with Lecce to complete the deal.