Negotiations with the Rossoblù are well underway, then everything on the Genoa full-back. And in the meantime, Kolo Muani likes a post by the Bianconeri

If Pierre Kalulu always plays—the former Rossonero has never missed a second—something is wrong. Kalulu is performing at a very high level, but a break to catch his breath would do him good: when Luciano Spalletti looks around, he changes his mind due to a lack of alternatives in the specific role of “low” right-back. That’s how it’s been until now, but it won’t be like that anymore starting next week. In Juventus’ transfer market agenda, focused on the search for a top striker, there has always been room for one need to be resolved: that of Kalulu’s deputy. The solution to this puzzle should be just around the corner, as a linked incoming and outgoing transfer is taking shape in the last few hours. First: Swedish player Emil Holm is arriving from Bologna. Second: Joao Mario is leaving for Emilia. The two clubs are working on it, and the work is progressing quickly now that the winter transfer window is coming to an end. Joao Mario has not found space and, above all, consideration since Spalletti’s adventure began in Turin: eleven minutes in Cremona, one minute in Pisa, another eleven at Sassuolo and zero in five Champions League matches is the meager haul of the Portuguese player in black and white since last summer in the exchange with Alberto Costa between Juventus and Porto. If the deal goes through, the negotiations between Juventus and Bologna will conclude with a double loan. In the background, the name of Norton-Cuffy, Genoa’s winger and Juventus’ first choice to fill the gap on the right, remains: Holm is the closest and “simplest” solution, Norton-Cuffy an investment that would look to the future, but not an easy solution due to the Ligurian club’s resistance to parting with one of its most significant players at this stage of the season.

That like from Kolo—  The shift to the right is part of a transfer program with its weakest point up front: a strong center forward is needed. The profile of former Randal Kolo Muani is the most welcome and has been for some time: everyone likes him, Spalletti likes him. And speaking of liking, yesterday the French striker liked the Juventus club’s Instagram post announcing the date of the first leg of the playoff against Galatasaray in Turkey on February 17. A clue? A confirmation of what is already known: Kolo Muani wants to return to Turin, Tottenham will not give the green light to talk to PSG about the loan transfer, and Juventus is not giving up, trusting in the last hours of the transfer market – which closes on Monday at dinner time – to overturn a scenario that, to date, is very complicated for the Continassa’s wishes. Evann Guessand of Aston Villa was offered for the attack, but the offer fell through while Mateta is leaving for Milan. Manchester United’s Zirkzee remains on the radar, on CEO Comolli’s list and a possibility to be played out to the end in extremis. Meanwhile, Spalletti’s project is taking shape with renewals: by mid-February, the Yildiz family will be back in Turin, an opportunity for the most eagerly awaited white smoke, the one-year renewal of the young Turk’s contract at six million per year until 2030. February will also see the arrival of Weston McKennie: the American wild card has opened up the possibility of extending his expiring contract with Juventus for another two seasons, until June 2028.