The window that opened with boardroom revolution in June and has delivered seven confirmed signings, four departures, and more twists than any preceding summer in recent Italian football history has now entered its final and most frenetic phase. Six days remain. Five players still need placing. Three additions are the target. And the dominos, at last, are falling in the right order.
Miretti’s Departure: The Key That Unlocks Everything
Fabio Miretti’s agreement to join Besiktas on a loan with a right of purchase fixed at approximately €15 million is, as Tuttosport’s Cristiano Corbo sets out plainly, a decisive operation for Juventus — not merely because of what it removes from the balance sheet, but because of what it makes possible. Miretti departs today for Istanbul, persuaded by Vincenzo Italiano’s personal call and the promise of regular first-team football alongside Vlahović in a Besiktas project of genuine European ambition.
The departure creates the squad slot, the wage saving, and the amortisation relief that Kessié’s registration requires. It opens, in Corbo’s memorable phrasing, “the windows.” It puts everything in place for the midfield signing that supporters, club, and Spalletti have been waiting for since the first day of the summer.
Kessié: Ready to Sign, Three Years at €4.5 Million Per Season
The Ivorian has rejected every competing offer that has arrived on his desk throughout August — Saudi Arabia, alternative European clubs, financial packages that exceeded what Juventus are offering. His decision, like Kolo Muani’s before him, was made long ago. He wants to reunite with Massara, the director who made him a Scudetto winner at AC Milan. He wants to play under Spalletti, a manager whose system and demands align precisely with his own qualities. He is ready to sign a three-year contract at €4.5 million net per season.
With Yıldız’s fractured foot creating a three-month hole in the attacking midfield, Kessié’s ability to operate as an atypical number ten provides an unexpected tactical solution. More likely, Spalletti will use his arrival to shift the system towards a 4-3-3 — potentially the most effective antidote to Yıldız’s absence — in which Kessié operates as a box-to-box midfielder rather than a creative playmaker.
Roma’s Attempted Interference — Why It Will Not Succeed
The Gasperini complication is real but manageable. The Roma manager, reportedly still irritated by Juventus’s June approach for Svilar, has identified Kessié as a target and is working to create the roster space required to make an approach. The candidate for an exit in Rome is Neil El Aynaoui — and until that departure is confirmed, the Giallorossi are not in a position to formalise their interest. By the time Roma could theoretically move, Kessié will already be heading to Turin.
Koopmeiners: A Loan That Could Precede a Better Sale
The final midfield complexity concerns Teun Koopmeiners, whose situation Tuttosport identifies as “the most cumbersome” remaining on the transfer desk. With the Dutch midfielder unwilling to consider any destination outside elite European football, the options are limited. The emerging logic is a loan — allowing Koopmeiners to rebuild his reputation and market value across a full season, with a view to concluding a significantly more remunerative permanent sale next summer rather than accepting a discounted exit now.
Left-Back: Aaron Martin and Emerson Palmieri Remain the Options
For the left flank — still the position least resolved heading into the window’s final days — two names remain on the shortlist. Emerson Palmieri, a player Spalletti knows well from his Roma tenure, continues to be the most discussed option. The newest name to emerge, however, is Aaron Martin of Genoa — the Spanish left-back entering the final year of his contract, potentially available at a modest fee that suits the window’s closing financial arithmetic. Neither is the dream Carlos Augusto option. Both are workable. The window closes on 1 September. The answer must come before then.
