Juventus technical director Cristiano Giuntoli reportedly held transfer talks with Manchester United and Manchester City about the possibility of selling two of their players in January.
The arrival of Ruben Amorim as Manchester United’s new manager have seen the club linked with various players. Meanwhile, Man City are struggling for form and Pep Guardiola is reportedly looking at adding new players.
Various reports have claimed Guardiola is looking at replacing Rodri who has been ruled out of the season.
Amidst all this rumours, reports in Italy claim Giuntoli has met with United and City representatives about a possible deal for two of Juve’s midfielders.
Gazzetta dello Sport claims the sporting director was in Manchester this week as the Turin team allegedly want to sell Nicolo Fagioli and Douglas Luiz – who only signed for the Serie A team in June from Aston Villa for £42.35m (€50m, $52.7m).
Douglas Luiz of Juventus Fc (Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The report adds Juve wants to sell the midfield duo to sign a defender and a striker in January. The Italian giants would reportedly want €20-25m (£16.6-20.8m) for Fagioli and €50m for Luiz, or be willing to use the Brazilian as part of a swap deal.
Incidentally, Gazzetta added that Juve’s interest in a loan deal for United striker Joshua Zirkzee is a ‘complicated track’.
Luiz swapped Villa for Juventus in an eye-catching move over the summer but things has not worked according to plans.
The 26-year-old has made just nine appearances so far for Thiago Motta’s team and might be shipped out just months after he made the move to Italy.
Meanwhile, Fagioli, 23, has featured more regularly for Juve this term, making 14 appearances in all competitions.
