{"id":202132,"date":"2025-06-21T09:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202132\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T09:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:02:12","slug":"juventus-ready-to-make-formal-approach-for-wantaway-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202132\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus ready to make &#8216;formal approach&#8217; for wantaway star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juventus have joined Serie A champions Napoli in the race to bring in a Premier League winger in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Manchester United<\/strong><\/a> man Jadon Sancho is reportedly a key target for the Bianconeri and Juventus have \u2018explored the conditions of a deal\u2019 according to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11095\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports News<\/a> correspondent Darmesh Sheth.<\/p>\n<p>Sancho made 31 Premier League appearances on loan for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chelsea<\/strong><\/a> in 2024-25 after his United career stalled amid apparent tension with then-manager Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n<p>And, with Ruben Amorim and United on the hunt for attacking upgrades after a thoroughly disappointing season in his absence, Sancho is wanted by a number of clubs who believe the Red Devils will want or even need to sell the England winger.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/aston-villa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong><\/a> and Napoli are among several clubs linked with a move for Sancho but Sheth reports that Juventus, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/manchester-united\/jadon-sancho-next-club-potential-destinations-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>agreed a loan deal with United last summer<\/strong><\/a> before the player opted to stay closer to home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuventus have explored the conditions of a deal for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho,\u201d he told Sky Sports News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Italian club will formally approach United if they believe a move is realistic and they are in touch with Sancho\u2019s representatives over personal terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sancho decided to spend last season in London but is no stranger to embracing new horizons in pursuit of progress in his career.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the former Watford junior left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Manchester City<\/strong><\/a> and signed for German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund and played more than 100 league games there before returning to Manchester with the Red Devils in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>United loaned Sancho out twice under Ten Hag. His 2024 calendar year was split between a return to Dortmund and the start of his stint with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ON MAN UTD FROM F365:<\/strong><br \/><strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-amorim-ban-four-bad-apples-tour-aston-villa-shock-outcast-enquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amorim bans four \u2018bad apples\u2019 from Man Utd tour as Aston Villa make shock outcast \u2018enquiry\u2019<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/40m-man-utd-transfer-depends-on-exit-aston-villa-man-says-yes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a340m Man Utd signing \u2018depends\u2019 on departure as Aston Villa man \u2018says yes\u2019 to Red Devils<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-mbeumo-spurs-u-turn-two-reasons-60m-bid-submitted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mbeumo deals Man Utd huge blow with Spurs U-turn for two reasons as \u00a360m+ bid submitted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sancho\u2019s England career has stalled since he joined United and was clearly frustrated when Ten Hag dropped him and went public with his criticisms of the winger\u2019s performance in training. Sancho was repeatedly left out of squads and, eventually, sent into exile.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus will take Sancho\u2019s previous adaptation to new surroundings into account if they pursue their interest in the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Sancho was one of Dortmund\u2019s leading lights at times in his initial four seasons in the Bundesliga, scoring 50 goals in 137 appearances in all competitions for the North Rhine-Westphalia side including two in their DFB-Pokal final win against RB Leipzig in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>There were eight English players in Serie A last season including former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/newcastle-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Newcastle United<\/strong><\/a> defender Lloyd Kelly at Juventus, where he has now signed permanently.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland international Scott McTominay, Sancho\u2019s former United teammate, was named the Serie A MVP after leading the Partenopei to their fourth Scudetto.<\/p>\n<p>Sheth reports that a reunion with McTominay or a second English summer signing for Juve would have to be in the form of a permanent transfer rather than a third loan, with United preferring to allow Sancho to leave once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>They are understood to be demanding a fee in the region of \u00a325m for the winger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juventus have joined Serie A champions Napoli in the race to bring in a Premier League winger in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,225,21826,2465,98,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-202132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-jadon-sancho","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}