Juventus have entered the race to sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United ahead of Serie A rivals Napoli.
Sancho is looking for a new club after Chelsea opted against making his loan stay at Stamford Bridge permanently, paying a £5million penalty fee to get out of the deal.
The former Borussia Dortmund star has one year left on his contract at Old Trafford with no plans for Ruben Amorim to intetragte him back into the United squad.
United are looking to offload Sancho on a permanent basis if possible with Serie A champions Napoli emerging as an interested party this week.
Reports in Italy have suggested the 25-year-old has already verbally agreed a move that would see him reunited with former United teammate Scott McTominay.
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But there is still no agreement between the clubs with Napoli regarding United’s €25million (£25m) asking price as too high.
But reports now claim Juventus have made their own move, opening talks with United. Gianluca di Marzio also reports the Bianconeri have also spoken to Sancho over a move to Turin.
Juventus were among the sides interested in signing Sancho last summer with the former England international now prepared to settle for a move to Italy.
Tottenham, Aston Villa and Newcastle United have also been linked with a move for Sancho this summer while a return to Borussia Dortmund was considered.
The Bundesliga club have already confirmed they are looking at other options this summer, however.
‘Of course, contact with Jadon is always there, in some way, because we have a very long history,’ Dortmund’s sporting director, Sebastian Kehl, told Ruhr Nachrichten last month.
‘But that’s not an issue for us right now. We have other priorities at the moment, and that’s why the Sancho issue may have been more talked about in the media than internally.’
United hope to offload Sancho with permanent exits also being sought for Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Antony.
Rashford and Antony spent the second half of last season out on loan at Aston Villa and Real Betis respectively while Garnacho may have sealed his own exit after publicly criticising Ruben Amorim following the Europa League final defeat to Tottenham.
United will begin their preseason with a tour of the United States next month with Amorim making the decision axe Sancho, Rashford, Antony and Garnacho from the squad heading to Stade-side.
