Juventus Pursuing Corinthians and Bayer Leverkusen Gems | OneFootball

Atalanta have missed their shot for Karim Alajbegovic, and more teams have joined the race, including Juventus, which are also defying Fenerbahce for Brazilian talent André, La Stampa reports.

Corinthians requested €17/18M plus €4M add-ons for 70 percent of the player’s card. The rest belong directly to him and his entourage, who are itching to move to Europe. He was close to Milan in January, but the transfer collapsed late. He notched 7 goals in 41 appearances last season.

The Bianconeri need to be decisive, though, as the competition from Turkey is strong. Instead, they have barely added anybody yet to focus on the exits. In the same role, they made a competitive offer for Frank Kessié, but they didn’t match his request and asked him to wait.

André isn’t the only youngster being chased by Juventus, as they are going after Alajbegovic as well. Atalanta were briefly in the lead, but Bayer Leverkusen raised their request after more sides are seriously eyeing him.

Fiorentina, Milan, and Napoli have also shown interest in the Bosnian starlet, La Nazione reports. However, the biggest threat comes from England. Chelsea have muscled their way into the fray and are currently the favorites, The Telegraph reports.

Our Take on Juventus Tracking André and Alajbegovic

It’d wouldn’t be completely surprising if they decided to spend on some talented youngsters. After all, they were quick to pounce on Jeff Ekhator when the opportunity came up, but Luciano Spalletti has been pretty adamant about adding players who would be ready from day one. Serie A teams were early on the latter but might have missed their window, and it’ll be hard to compete with the Premier League money now.