With Guglielmo Vicario confirmed as Juventus’s new first-choice goalkeeper, a secondary but equally significant goalkeeping restructure is now taking shape at the Continassa — one that could see both Mattia Perin and Michele Di Gregorio depart before the window closes, opening the door to a creative and unexpected solution as Vicario’s backup.
Perin: Palermo Persist Despite the Fee Obstacle
Mattia Perin’s loan move to Palermo has encountered a financial sticking point — the Sicilian club consider Juventus’s asking terms too high — but the door has not been closed. According to Tuttosport, the negotiations remain ongoing, with Palermo keeping the option alive as they assess their goalkeeping needs following an injury concern to their existing options. For Perin, who started Sunday’s Serie A opener against Frosinone, the prospect of regular first-team football under Filippo Inzaghi at a club with Serie A promotion ambitions is genuinely appealing.
Di Gregorio: Bournemouth Join the Race, Lazio Add Intrigue
The Di Gregorio situation has taken a new and unexpected turn. Contacts with Marseille have cooled significantly from the warmth of earlier in the week — and a new suitor has entered the picture in the form of Bournemouth, the Premier League club who are assessing several goalkeeping profiles to strengthen their department. Crucially, Lazio have also been identified as a potential destination — creating an intriguing three-way dynamic that intersects directly with the Mandas situation.
Mandas: The Greek International Who Could Complete the Picture
If both Perin and Di Gregorio depart — a scenario that remains possible but not certain — Juventus would need to identify a competent backup to Vicario. The name that has emerged, according to TuttoJuve.com, is Christos Mandas: the 25-year-old Greek international goalkeeper currently at Lazio. Mandas is widely regarded as one of the more technically accomplished young goalkeepers in Serie A, and his age and profile align precisely with the kind of younger, developmental goalkeeper purchase that Carnevali and Massara have consistently favoured throughout this summer.
The Lazio connection provides the creative mechanism through which this could work: Di Gregorio to Lazio, Mandas to Juventus. Both clubs address a position of need. Both players get the moves their situations require. Carlo Pinsoglio, of course, remains as the third goalkeeper regardless of how the rest of the picture resolves itself — the most loyal and irreplaceable presence in the dressing room.
The goalkeeping revolution at the Continassa is not quite finished. But its final shape is beginning to come into view.
