One of the main protagonists on the transfer market, Juventus striker Alvaro Morata could yet remain in Turin next season. Tuttosport claims this morning that bianconeri CEO Beppe Marotta is still hopeful he can keep the Spanish international at the club despite Real Madrid already stating that they have decide to activate the €30 buy-back clause inserted into the players contract when he made the switch to Italy in 2014.
 

Los Blancos intend to then sell the player on for around €50 million with Arsenal favourites to land his signature, but after the 23-year-old grabbed the winner in Saturday’s Coppa Italia Final against Milan, Marotta claimed he was “part of the Juve family” and that the club would “stop at nothing to keep him in Italy”.  

There are more sensational revelations in La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning that PSG have been in secret talks with Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain over a summer move. The pink journal quotes Sunday’s comments in Le Parisien that Sporting Director Oliver Letang secretly met the Argentine frontman last week to discuss being the possible replacement for the departed Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The player has a buy-out clause on his current deal at the San Paolo of €94 million.


 

Should Higuain decide to head to Paris, the same journal reports that Fiorentina striker Nikola Kalinic will become Napoli’s primary choice to replace him. La Viola has already stated however, that the 28-year-old Croatian international is going nowhere.  

Rome editions of the Corriere dello Sport are confident that Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel will replace Miralem Pjanic at Roma this summer. The Bosnian international is wanted by Juventus and Chelsea with the Italian champions favourites to win the battle. The 27-year-old Belgian international is well known to coach Luciano Spalletti after his time on the bench with the Russians.
 

Staying in the Italian capital, the journal also reports that Lazio are the latest club to be linked with a move for Pescara striker Gianluca Lapadula. The 26-year-old is on the radar of several clubs including Juventus, Napoli and Leicester City.

Juventus striker Simone Zaza seems destined for pastures new next season writes Tuttosport, the Italian international is being closely monitored by Chelsea and Leicester City in England and Spanish giants Valencia.


 

The Turin based paper also confirms that Patrice Evra has signed a one-year extension with the Old Lady with the possibility of a further 12 months.
 

Corriere dello Sport explains that Milan full-back Mattia De Sciglio will not be re-united with his former mentor Max Allegri at Juventus this summer; the 23-year-old Italian international having pledged his immediate future to the rossoneri.  

Tuttosport continues to look at the Mihajlovic revolution at Torino, with Sampdoria duo Roberto Soriano and Luis Muriel both tipped to rejoin their old boss next season.


 

Former Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni has ended speculation that he may return to a coaching role in Serie A next season, by signing a contract extension with Panathinaikos ( Tuttosport)


Steve Mitchell @barafundler