Juventus dealt significant blow in efforts to sign Atletico Madrid defender

Atletico Madrid have been extremely busy in current weeks, with eight signings having already been made – and a ninth is to come back. To offset these arrivals, gross sales have been made, and there might be additional gamers that depart the RiyadhAir Metropolitano earlier than the top of the summer time switch window.

Atleti are near agreeing offers for Samuel Lino and Thomas Lemar to depart, and they’d be part of Rodrigo Riquelme, Angel Correa and Rodrigo De Paul as departees. And the subsequent title that might be added to that checklist is Nahuel Molina.

The arrival of Marc Pubill implies that Diego Simeone now has him, Marcos Llorente and Molina as right-back choices for the upcoming season. Because of this, the Argentina worldwide might be on his manner out, particularly with Juventus eyeing his signature.

In accordance with La Gazzetta dello Sport (through MD), Juventus are prepared to accentuate their curiosity in Molina, whom they need to be their new right-back. On the again of this, additional talks with Atleti are anticipated to happen as early as subsequent week, with the concept being for an official transfer to be made as soon as they promote Timothy Weah to Marseille.

Atleti may stonewall Juventus efforts to signal Molina

In current weeks, it has appeared doubtless that Molina would go away Atleti, however now, he’s nearer to staying. The report has revealed that Simeone would favor to maintain his countryman for the 2025-26 season, and it’s believed {that a} departure will solely be sanctioned if a “excellent provide” have been to be acquired by Los Colchoneros.

Will probably be fascinating to see how Molina’s scenario performs out over the approaching weeks. There are nonetheless probabilities for him to depart Atleti this summer time, however proper now, the chances are high that he’ll stay within the Spanish capital for no less than yet another yr.