The arrival of Guglielmo Vicario from Tottenham may not be the final word in Juventus’s goalkeeping overhaul. According to Tuttosport, Carnevali and Massara have already moved to identify a backup goalkeeper should Mattia Perin follow Michele Di Gregorio out of the exit door — and the name they have quietly secured in principle is one with deep roots in the club’s own history.
Di Gregorio: Heading to Marseille
With Vicario confirmed as first choice, Michele Di Gregorio’s Juventus adventure is effectively over. Two difficult seasons, persistent errors, and a very public falling-out with the fanbase have made any form of reconciliation impossible. Marseille remain the most concrete exit route — a loan arrangement is being worked on, with Monza also showing peripheral interest but regarded as the less likely destination.
Perin: Palermo Come Calling — and a Life Decision Awaits
Mattia Perin is facing the most significant career crossroads of a long and honourable Juventus service. The 34-year-old is contracted until June 2027 — but Palermo have made a formal approach, offering a two-year contract at €2 million per season — a figure higher than his current Juventus salary — and the prospect of regular first-team football under Filippo Inzaghi as the Sicilian club push for promotion back to Serie A.
Perin has already indicated his openness to the move. Juventus, however, hold him in high regard — he has been considerably more than a simple backup figure at the Continassa, and the club will not pressure him into a decision. If he chooses to stay, a contract renewal to take him beyond 2027 is possible. If he chooses Palermo, he leaves with the warmth and gratitude of a club where he has served with distinction.
Audero: The Flash Signing Already in Place
Should both Di Gregorio and Perin depart, Carnevali and Massara have already moved. Emil Audero — the 29-year-old Italian-Indonesian goalkeeper who developed through Juventus’s own academy and made a single Serie A appearance for the club in May 2017 in a 3-1 win at Bologna — has been verbally agreed with the club and with his current employers Como, who are willing to sell for €3 million.
Audero’s signing would be what Tuttosport describes as a “flash operation” — completed swiftly if and when both departures are confirmed. His academy background also carries a practical regulatory benefit: as a product of Juventus’s own youth system, he qualifies as a homegrown player on UEFA’s squad lists, an increasingly valuable commodity under the registration rules governing European competition.
The remainder of the goalkeeping department, regardless of what else changes, will be completed by Carlo Pinsoglio — the most unlikely cult figure at the club, whose loyalty and dressing-room presence have made him an irreplaceable human element in every squad he has been part of under Spalletti.
