In one of the final days of the summer window’s most frantic week, Juventus have made an unexpected approach to Bologna for Juan Miranda — the 26-year-old Spanish left-back who has been one of the Emilian club’s most consistent performers since his arrival from Barcelona’s academy structure.
According to Il Resto del Carlino, the bianconeri‘s interest has emerged rapidly in the past 24 hours — and the club have already identified the formula they believe could convince Bologna to open a negotiation.
The Proposal: Cabal Plus Cash
The structure Juventus have placed on the table combines Juan Cabal — the Colombian left-back who remains in the departure queue at the Continassa — alongside a cash component of between €5 and €7 million in Bologna’s favour. It is exactly the kind of creative, two-club-problem-solving operation that has characterised Carnevali and Massara’s best window business, using a surplus player as a makeweight to reduce the financial exposure on a signing they genuinely want.
Miranda arrived in Bologna in the summer of 2024 and is contracted until June 2028 — a long remaining deal that gives the Emilian club considerable leverage and makes any negotiation a significant undertaking. Bologna are not inclined to let players of his quality depart easily, and a contract of that length significantly strengthens their hand.
The Immediate Obstacle: Cabal’s Reluctance
The complication that is preventing immediate progress is the one that has defined Cabal’s exit saga all summer: the player himself. According to the same reporting, Cabal has expressed reluctance about the Bologna destination — the same resistance that stalled his inclusion in the Lucumí deal earlier in the window. His position could yet change in the coming days as the club makes clear that his role at the Continassa is definitively over — and as the reality of the window closing on 1 September focuses minds on both sides.
Whether Cabal can be persuaded, whether Bologna are open to a deal on these terms, and whether Miranda himself is willing to move in the window’s final 72 hours will determine whether this particular left-back pursuit joins the long list of summer near-misses or produces one final unexpected success.
