According to Tuttosport, Juventus are set to offer new deals to Italian international defender Leonardo Bonucci and Argentine striker Paulo Dybala. Bonucci has been a target for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola ever since his time on the bench at Bayern Munich and the bianconeri are anxious to tie the 29-year-old down to a new deal to ward off any more advances. It’s expected that the player who has been at the club since he was seven years old, will put pen to paper next week before an official announcement is made.
 

Dybala is a slightly different case; the 22-year-old front man currently earns €3 million per season but the recent arrival of Gonzalo Higuain, earning a salary of €7.5 million a year, has prompted the young Argentine to try to negotiate a substantially better deal in Turin. Barcelona and Real Madrid have made no secret of the fact of their admiration for the player.  

Chelsea summer target Stephen Lichtsteiner is a January target of Inter. Tuttosport claims that the 32-year-old defender, who has been omitted from Juve’s Champions League squad this season, will seek pastures new in the new year.


 

Milan are set to receive an €85 million windfall from their new Chinese owners for an assault on the January transfer window. Their official takeover of the Italian giants will be confirmed shortly and a revolution is expected at the club in 2017 (Corriere dello Sport).
 

Tuttosport claims that Manchester United defender Matteo Darmian will be a January target for Juventus. The bianconeri were linked with a move this summer but new boss Jose Mourinho expressed his desire to keep hold of the Italian international full-back.

 

Corriere dello Sport states that Juve midfielder Claudio Marchisio is getting close to making his return to the squad. The 30-year-old has been out since April with a knee injury and could be back in the team by the middle of October.



Spanish daily Sport claims that Real Madrid are interested in Milan goalkeeping sensation Gianluigi Donnarumma. The 17-year-old became the youngest goalkeeper to ever represent his country on Thursday evening when he came on as a second-half substitute in Italy’s 3-1 defeat to France.


Steve Mitchell @barafundler