The moment of decision is approaching for Edon Zhegrova. It is no secret that the attacking winger wants to play more regularly and craves a starting shirt, whereas in Luciano Spalletti’s pecking order so far he has been a luxury reserve. Tuttosport says that is why the former Lille man is reflecting on his future in black and white. In plain terms, he may well choose in January to leave Juventus for a new project in which he feels central and can be a protagonist. Juventus would bank a kitty from the deal to reinvest in the next transfer campaign.
A Crowded Wing
The case for leaving is strengthened by returns. Chico Conceição and Kenan Yildiz are due back in the squad in the coming weeks. Together with Alajbegović, Boga and Nico González, that makes Juventus’s battery of attacking wide players decidedly crowded.
The Kosovo international has begun looking around and has told his agents he needs a regular place. He started in the Nations League goalless draw against Israel and played 80 minutes. Unless he has major breakthroughs in the next two months, it will be hard for him to win a starting spot easily in Turin. The paths of the number 11 and the Old Lady could therefore part in the winter window, which officially opens on 28 December.
Turkey Cools, Saudi Arabia Heats Up
Turkish rumours of recent days linking him with Besiktas find little support. Vincenzo Italiano had genuinely thought of Zhegrova before mid-August, but the Istanbul club have since signed Ernest Poku in that role and seem set to strengthen in other departments.
It is a different matter for a possible rekindling of interest from Al Ittihad. The Saudi club had already knocked on the doors of both Zhegrova and Juventus at the end of August, but there wasn’t time in the final 24 hours of the summer window to put the deal together. Things could now take a very different turn. In the position occupied by the 1999-born winger, the yellow-and-black side would have fielded the young Portuguese talent Fernandes.
