Serie A club Juventus have met with Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey.
Foot Mercato says Juve officials have met with Partey and his agents ahead of the January market.
Juve see Partey as a replacement for Paul Pogba. The Frenchman is facing a lengthy doping ban.
There is a belief Arsenal are willing to part with Partey given his injury problems and the arrival this past summer of Declan Rice.
Partey is also open to a departure after exploring the prospect before the start of the season.
Former Juventus director general Luciano Moggi believes Antonio Conte wants to return to the Bianconeri.
However, Moggi believes Max Allegri is now well established in the Juve dugout.
He told Radio Bianconera: “I didn’t say what was reported, they asked me if it was true that Conte had received offers from Napoli, I said that he replied no to everyone, including (Aurelio) De Laurentiis.
“He wants to stay out still this year and perhaps dreams of returning to Juventus. I didn’t say he will certainly return to Turin.
“Criticisms of the Juve game? This is Allegri’s Juve, if you don’t want to watch it go to the cinema.”
Transfer expert Nicolo Schira says Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has missed the influence of his former agent Mino Raiola.
Since Raiola’s passing last year, Pogba has found himself subject to an alleged blackmail plot and is now facing a lengthy ban for doping.
Schira told Radio Bianconera: “Raiola? He was very rough, but he did what was good for his players. He was very attentive: in my opinion, with Pogba, there were errors in management and superficiality.
“Regarding the operation, the player must be the one to say ‘I’ll have surgery or I won’t have surgery’. From there, many errors occurred in cascade. If he had had surgery, with the long break of the World Cup, he would have returned.
“Instead, in doing so, the problems dragged on and he had surgery the same. The season was compromised and his off-field management was also affected. He lacks an important figure who knows how to manage him and it is no coincidence that Pogba has been in difficulty in the last two years, which coincide with his illness and the passing of Mino Raiola.”
Juventus coach Max Allegri says he’s spoken to Paul Pogba since his appeal failed last week.
Pogba’s counter-analysis of his original doping test has confirmed he failed it. The Juve midfielder is now facing a battle over how long he will be suspended from playing.
After victory over Torino, Allegri spoke about the former Manchester United midfielder.
He said, “We spoke and messaged each other.
“I am very close to him on a human level. I am very sorry and I hope that everything will be resolved for the best. Football a need for players like him.”
Allegri, meanwhile, also talked up young defender Fede Gatti after his goal in the Derby della Mole. Gatti had out through his net last week.
The coach said, “For my part, there is trust in everyone. Gatti? He will still score more goals, he must remain calm, let’s not forget that he has only about thirty appearances in Serie A with Juventus. He’s young, he’s good and he’s growing.”
Juventus captain Danilo admits he feels sorry for Paul Pogba.
The Juve midfielder has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for testosterone this past week.
Danilo told Il Corriere dello Sport: “I’m sorry for what is happening to Paul. I had seen him much more present, with the right mentality. I’ve always been close to him, many times I’ve invited him not to give up, to push and push further.
“I’m not giving up on him now… I must say that here at Juve I didn’t miss anything, after six months covid, then the management problems, now Paul’s troubles. I was hoping for a more straightforward season.”
Danilo also spoke of former teammate and now Union Berlin defender Leonardo Bonucci’s decision to take legal action against Juventus.
He stated, “I want the decision to stop to be mine and mine alone, I hope I can do it as much with the club as with the national team.
“I know that in football other factors can intervene, the unexpected, but I also know that I will do everything I can to be in full control of that moment, anticipating it.”
France and Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba has tested positive for testosterone following their Serie A clash with Udinese, few weeks back, according to reports from the Corriere della Sera.
Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal said Pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone after Juve’s 3-0 win at Udinese on 20 August.
Pogba has played a combined total of 51 minutes as a substitute this season in games with Bologna and Empoli.
The report claims Pogba has three days to respond to the charge.
Anti-doping test are being carried out randomly on players immediately after matches in most elite European leagues.
The former Manchester United midfielder must now produce a counter-analysis of the result.
If Pogba is found guilty, bans for doping in Serie A can carry suspensions from playing lasting between two and four years, leaving the 30-year-old in significant trouble.
Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny says a move to the Saudi Pro League doesn’t interest him.
The Pole says he’s fully committed to Juve.
Szczesny said: “I have a lot of money in my life.
“I prefer fun challenges and defending goal for Juventus is the best challenge I can give myself”.
“This club is so used to winning that the day after winning a championship you wanted to win another. There is frustration that we haven’t had success lately. There is the motivation to go back to fighting for the highest goals.”
Arsenal midfielder, Thomas Partey has agreed personal terms with Serie A side Juventus over a possible move to the Italian club side.
Sky Italy reports that the player is bent on the move to Juventus.
The Serie A giants will now lodge an offer for the Ghanaian international, but are aware they need to sell one or two players before they can buy him.
However, it is unclear whether Arsenal would let Partey leave Emirates after midfield partner Granit Xhaka also departed the North London club this summer.
Partey joined Arsenal from Spanish La Liga giants Atletico Madrid for £45million in the summer of 2020.
Chelsea have agreed a resolution with European football governing body UEFA that will see them hand over 10 million euros (about 11 million dollars or N850 million).
This was after the English clubside owned up to “incomplete financial reporting” under the Roman Abramovich regime.
A new ownership group led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital completed their take-over of the club in May last year from Abramovich.
The Russian was sanctioned over his links to Russia president Vladimir Putin.
UEFA, which has also banned Juventus from competing in the Europa Conference League this season due to financial irregularities, confirmed it was approached “proactively” by the Boehly-led consortium.
They detected instances of partial financial information being submitted in historical transactions occurring between 2012 and 2019, breaching UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play regulations.
A UEFA statement said: “Following its assessment, including the applicable statute of limitations, the CFCB (Club Financial Control Body) First Chamber entered into a settlement agreement with the club.
”It has agreed to pay a financial contribution of 10 million euros to fully resolve the reported matters.”
The sanction represents another blow for Chelsea’s current owners after a disappointing first year at the helm.
The club’s 12th-place finish in the Premier League last term their worst since 1993/1994.
Chelsea have forked out around 600 million pounds (770 million dollars) in transfers since Boehly’s arrival.
Also, former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been tasked with turning around their on-pitch fortunes.
Chelsea said in a statement the owners became aware of potential impropriety when carrying out a “thorough due diligence process” prior to the purchase.
It said upon completion of the take-over, they reported this to UEFA.
The statement added: “In accordance with the club’s ownership group’s core principles of full compliance and transparency with its regulators, we are grateful that this case has been concluded by proactive disclosure of information to UEFA and a settlement that fully resolves the reported matters.
“We wish to place on record our gratitude to UEFA for its consideration of this matter.
“Chelsea greatly values its relationship with UEFA and looks forward to building on that relationship in the years to come.”
Juventus have also been reprimanded after a separate UEFA investigation and as well as throwing the Italian giants out of European football, they have been fined 20 million euros.
However, half of that fine has been suspended and Juventus will only have to pay if their financial records for the next three years do not comply with the accounting requirements.
Juventus were docked 10 points last season over their past transfer dealings, effectively ending their hopes of UEFA Champions League qualification.
They were found to have violated the framework of a settlement agreement with UEFA in August last year.
Juventus president Gianluca Ferrero said in a statement on the club’s website: “We regret the decision of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.
“We do not share the interpretation that has been given of our defence and we remain firmly convinced of the legitimacy of our actions and the validity of our arguments.
“However, we have decided not to appeal this judgment. In spite of this painful decision, we can now face the new season by focusing on the field and not on the courts.”
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey will be joining Serie A giants Juventus, despite interest from the Saudi Pro League (SPL).
This was disclosed by transfer guru Fabrizio Romano in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Thursday.
Romano claimed that Partey, 30, desires a move to Juventus this summer rather than head to Saudi Arabia.
He tweeted, “Understand Thomas Partey considers Juventus a priority, he hopes to stay in Europe — talks will follow as there is still no official proposal..”
Partey was a key member of the Arsenal team that missed out on the 2022/23 Premier League title to Manchester City.
The midfielder joined Arsenal from Atletico Madrid in 2020.