Juventus keep on working to sign a skilled attacking midfielder, and, as reported yesterday, are in talks with Schalke 04 22-year-old Julian Draxler: as revealed by calciomercato.com, the bianconeri have a concrete chance to sign the World Champion, as the Knappen need to earn some of their players after their recent signings; the Germany international remains the Serie A defending champions’ main target for such position, as well as his compatriot Mario Goetze, that the Piedmont’s club would like to involve in the negotiation for the transfer to Bayern Munich of 28-year-old Arturo Vidal; other options are Chelsea 23-year-old Oscar, Real Madrid same-aged Francisco Roman Alarcon, aka Isco and Arsenal 26-year-old Mesut Ozil, while, as reported by La Repubblica, a low-cost solution could be Galatasaray 31-year-old Wesley Sneijder, for whom, according to the same media, Juve have offered 6 million euros; on the contrary, it seems extremely difficult for the bianconeri to obtain Wolfsburg 24-year-old Kevin De Bruyne, considering his extremely high evaluation. The Serie A defending champions are also seeking a new center back, and, according to Tuttosport, Bayern Munich 28-year-old Mehdi Benatia has offered himself to Juve. In the last days there have been many rumors regarding the possibility for 20-year-old midfielder Mateo Kovacic to leave Inter Milan: interviewed by fcinternews, Nikky Vuksan, agent of the Croatia international, has declared that his client will definitely remain at “San Siro”.
