Avellino are not giving up on Adin Licina. The Juventus Next Gen trequartista, born in 2007 and one of the more exciting young creative players in the club’s development pipeline, has been on the Campania club’s radar for several weeks — and on Tuesday, sporting director Mario Aiello took the pursuit to the next level by holding direct talks with Juventus to establish the conditions of a potential loan move.
A Summer That Began with the First Team
The context around Licina’s situation is significant. The young Bosnian-heritage attacker spent part of the summer integrated into Luciano Spalletti’s first-team preparations — working under the manager during training sessions and demonstrating the qualities that have marked him out as one of the more advanced creative talents emerging from the Next Gen structure. He has since returned to the Next Gen setup, where he has already featured in the Coppa Italia di Serie C — but the experience alongside the senior squad will not have been lost on either the player or those planning his development path.
Licina Has Signalled His Openness
The detail that is most likely to accelerate the negotiation is Licina’s own position. According to TuttoJuve, the player has given positive signals about the possibility of a move to Avellino — expressing his personal openness to the Irpinia club as a destination for a season of regular first-team development in Serie C. For a 19-year-old trequartista who needs competitive minutes to continue his progression, a loan to a club of Avellino’s profile and ambition represents exactly the kind of environment that can produce the step change Juventus are looking for from him.
Further Talks Expected in the Coming Hours
A follow-up meeting between Aiello and Licina’s agents is scheduled in the coming hours — with the objective of finalising the terms of the loan and agreeing the final structure of an operation that both parties are increasingly aligned on completing before the window closes. On deadline day, in the final hours of a summer that has been defined by its ambition at every level of the club, even the development deals are being handled with the same professional urgency that has characterised everything Carnevali and Massara have done since June.
