Juventus Eye Freiburg Talent, Haggle with Their Own One

Juventus plot to continue getting younger this summer and have earmarked Freiburg’s fullback Berkay Yilmaz, who’s turning heads thanks to his performances in the U-19 European Championship. He has yet to debut with the first team. Instead, he has 13 appearances in the 3. Liga.

Galatasaray are after the talent as well. He was born in Germany, more precisely at Singen, but he’s been representing Turkey internationally. He has 24 caps with the various youth sides under his belt.

Juventus already signed a young left-back this summer, Juan Cabal, but the project for Yilmaz would be more long-term. He’d start with the Next Gen squad in Serie C. He has a short-term contract with Freiburg, which aim to extend it and promote the youngster.

In the meantime, the Bianconeri are in talks with a Turkish prodigy already in their squad, Kenan Yildiz, SportMediaset relays. He’s been deemed untouchable despite some interest. Chelsea poked around. The brass wants to prolong his contract again and raise his wages despite doing so relatively recently, acknowledging his new status.

At this stage, there’s no agreement on his improved wages, which will be over €1M annually. He’s already tied to the team until 2027. He’ll have a larger role and inherit the starting job from Federico Chiesa, who’s on his way out. Instead, the discussions and reflections about whether to give him the no.10, which will be vacated by Paul Pogba, so soon are still ongoing.