Juve, contact for Wesley

PHILADELPHIA. The Juventus market has yet to get going. The extraordinary window at the beginning of June was archived with the derogation of Randal Kolo Muani's loan until the end of the Club World Cup and the return to base of Daniele Rugani and Filip Kostic. Then the work of the new general manager Damien Comolli returned to focus on completing the sports area, alongside him and Giorgio Chiellini there will also have to arrive a technical director and - above all - a sporting director, a fundamental pawn for the management of a leading football market. This is why after the winning debut in Washington they both returned to Turin, the World Cup will transform Comolli into a very special commuter from one side of the ocean to the other.

On the other hand, Juve certainly cannot remain still, from the discussions that led to the contract renewal of Igor Tudor, requests have also arrived to make the Bianconeri squad take a leap in quality: the returns of the Bremer-Cabal duo combined with the hope of being able to count on the best Koopmeiners represent the starting points, then net of all the outgoing maneuvers (from Vlahovic and Douglas Luiz onwards) four more signings will also be needed, perhaps five considering a co-starting goalkeeper to pair with Di Gregorio if Perin leaves. In the United States, these discussions between Tudor and Comolli have also continued: Juve are looking for a possibly left-footed defender, a midfielder with pace and geometry, a centre-forward (in addition to Kolo Muani) and a winger with power.

More than names, we are talking about characteristics and parameters to respect, the right profiles will then be proposed to Comolli by those analytical systems that represent his main collaborator on the market. There is already a clear ranking, role by role, to work on. With a profile that seems to be able to please everyone and that has been monitored by trusted men even at the Club World Cup: it is Wesley Vinicius França Lima , more commonly known as Wesley. He is the Brazilian winger on the launch pad, already called up (but not used) also by Carlo Ancelotti for his new cycle with the Seleçao.

And the World Cup calendar has helped the Bianconeri to keep in touch, closely observing the full-back who is already studying a bit of Juve from his teammates Danilo and Alex Sandro: yesterday Flamengo played against Chelsea at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia where tomorrow Tudor's group will challenge Wydad, then everyone to Orlando for the last round. With Wesley under special observation of Comolli's trusted men, because even in the big data era it is not as if the human component is swept away, on the contrary. Going beyond the mistake that opened the doors to Pedro Neto's goal for the temporary 0-1, showing the personality needed to react by being among the best in Flamengo's 2-1. Wesley is also on Juve's notebook therefore, but Juve is not the only one to have their eyes on him: a new transfer challenge is ready to be launched by Gasperini's Roma, who has been attentive for some time to the growth of the winger who is considered perfect on the wing in systems with a three-man defense. Flamengo is asking for at least 20 million to start with. But the market, perhaps, has just begun. Like the Club World Cup.