Report: Juventus could turn to Guglielmo Vicario in potential summer goalkeeper shake-up

By all accounts, Juventus proceed to think about beginning goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio, however that doesn’t imply that the membership is just not nonetheless very a lot evaluating him on the subject of his standing for the long run.

Which means these remaining three or so months are very a lot an analysis course of on the subject of what the 2026-27 season may appear like in objective for the Bianconeri.

What if issues change and Di Gregorio’s up and down 2025-26 marketing campaign doesn’t stabilize? Nicely, as La Gazzetta dello Sport, that’s the place issues get fascinating. It might embody Juventus’ entrance workplace deciding to usher in a brand new goalkeeper, with Tottenham and Italy worldwide Guglielmo Vicario being one of many first targets that Juve will attempt to concentrate on in the event that they do select to make a change in objective. Vicario is in his third season with Tottenham, and their struggles domestically the final two seasons — sure, even with a Europa League title thrown in there — might very nicely persuade him {that a} return to Italy can be one of the best transfer for his profession as he approaches his thirtieth birthday in early October.

Who has La Gazzetta additionally linked with a possible transfer for Vicario? That might be the staff that Juve are enjoying on Valentine’s Day — Inter, whose present stater in objective within the type of Yann Sommer is on an expiring contract and has an excellent likelihood of leaving San Siro this summer time.

La Gazzetta provides that Vicario wouldn’t be low cost by any stretch of the creativeness, with a possible €30 million price ticket required for any membership that’s considering of signing him this coming summer time.

Vicario has been Italy’s established No. 2 keeper behind Gianluigi Donnarumma for years now. With Donnarumma shifting to Manchester Metropolis this previous summer time, which means each of Italy’s prime two goalkeepers presently play within the Premier League. Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret and Atalanta’s Marco Carnesecchi have additionally been a part of the Azzurri’s sturdy goalkeeper pool.

It’s partly due to that as to why Di Gregorio, Serie A’s Goalkeeper of the 12 months through the 2023-24 season with Monza, has solely obtained a small variety of call-ups to the squad.

Nonetheless, this season Di Gregorio has not seen his type absolutely kick on prefer it did throughout his first yr with Juventus after going via some early struggles. Whilst Juve’s protection was considerably of a revolving door within the aftermath of Gleison Bremer’s season-ending knee damage, Di Gregorio bought higher because the season went on, with decisive late-season saves serving to safe Champions League soccer for the 2025-26 marketing campaign. This yr has not had the identical type of feeling as his debut season with Juventus, along with his save proportion hovering slightly below 72% regardless that he’s averaging fewer objectives per 90 minutes (0.81) than he did final season (0.97). Di Gregorio’s save proportion through the 2024-25 season was slightly below 73%.

The 28-year-old Di Gregorio is signed via 2029 and has been linked on and off with a transfer to the Premier League over the past yr.