Seeking Substitute for Andrea Barzagli, Juventus Targets Barcelona’s Defender

DBasia.news –  Great success in winning the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in a row has not made Juventus feel satisfied with their squad. The Turin club even brought Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.

Now when the 2018/19 season competition still leaves a few games left, Juve has also begun to move quickly to increase its strength ahead of the upcoming 2019/20 season. The central defender sector now seems to be the main focus of the club.

This was allegedly because they would soon be left by one of the senior players who was also the team’s vice captain, Andrea Barzagli at the end of the season. As is known, the 37-year-old player had just announced his retirement decision on Sunday (4/14).

Anticipating Barzagli’s departure, now according to Marca’s report, Juve is reportedly exploring opportunities to bring in Samuel Umtiti who is now strengthening the Spanish giant, Barcelona. Even Fabio Paratici, as the sporting director, has also put the 25-year-old player’s name on the shopping list.

The opportunity to immediately bring in the French playe’s signature will not seem to get too much trouble, a series of injuries that had been experienced by Umtiti made him no longer the main choice of Ernesto Valverde. Even the latest news also mentions that the club will immediately sell off the player.

Unfortunately, Juve are not alone in their efforts to bring in Umtiti, the Turin club still has to compete with the top two Premier League teams, Manchester United and Arsenal.

Samuel Umtiti is not the only player who has the potential to become Barzagli’s successor, previously, Bayern Munich defender, Mats Hummels, was also reportedly interested in playing under the care of Massimiliano Allegri.