On the final days before the Serie A season begins, Juventus’s goalkeeper situation is, remarkably, still unresolved — and a new name has emerged as a potential destination for the man they need to move on before they can register a replacement. Monza, the club from which Michele Di Gregorio was purchased in the summer of 2024 for a fee that represented the largest goalkeeper sale in the Brianza club’s history, are reportedly dreaming of a homecoming for their former number one.
A Return Two Years in the Making
Di Gregorio’s time at Juventus — 84 appearances, considerable criticism, and a rapidly deteriorated relationship with both the coaching staff and the supporters — has reached its natural conclusion. He was purchased from Monza with high hopes that never materialised, and the public intervention of his agent in July, attacking the club’s handling of his client’s situation, ended any possibility of a rapprochement. According to Sky Sport, no formal negotiations have yet taken place between the two clubs, but Monza’s interest is genuine — the affection for a player who spent four years in Brianza across Serie A and Serie B is real, and the operational logic of a loan would suit their budget.
Torino and Valencia are also mentioned as clubs who have placed Di Gregorio on their shortlist, though no concrete approach from either has been confirmed.
What This Would Unlock for Juventus
A Di Gregorio exit — in whatever form it takes — is the precondition for the goalkeeper arrival that has been the summer’s most protracted and frustrating unresolved question. With Martínez definitively blocked by Aston Villa and the PSG-Suzuki loan collapsing at the last moment, Juventus have pivoted to Guglielmo Vicario as their primary option, with the Tottenham loan now understood to be advancing rapidly. Sport Mediaset have also suggested that PSG’s other goalkeeper, Lucas Chevalier, could represent a creative late alternative — a player closed out at the Parc des Princes by Safonov and now by Suzuki’s arrival who might welcome a loan to Turin.
Further names including Musso, Trubin, and Lunin remain in the background. Perin, meanwhile, will start against Frosinone on Saturday as the acting first choice — a situation that, in its unintended symbolism, captures the state of the goalkeeper search perfectly. The season begins in 24 hours. The permanent solution is still being found.
