Juventus are always attentive to players who are coming to the end of their contracts; one only needs to look at some past purchases to realise this. After Pirlo (2011), Pogba (2012), Llorente (2013), Coman (2014), Neto, Khedira (2015) and Dani Alves (2016), for next season the bianconeri have already pointed to Axel Witsel of Zenit, who has already rejected the offer to double his salary to remain in Russia and was close to arriving in Turin last summer.
 

According to the morning editions of Tuttosport, there are other names on the radar too; Thiago Silva is in the last year of his contract at PSG and then there’s Pepe; the Portuguese international who’s entering the final months of his current deal at Real Madrid. Bianconeri CEO Beppe Marotta and Sporting Director Fabio Paratici have their eyes peeled for another summer bargain for 2017 which has now become part of the clubs excellent business model.

Steve Mitchell @barafundler