Juventus insist on Kessié and Barça wait for their first offer

The future of Franck Kessié is still in the 'air' to a week for the first official party of the pre-season 2023 of the FC Barcelona. The marfileño has descartado already the interest of the Inter of Milan and, for the moment, the To the-Hilal Saudi was the only club in 'career' for ficharle until the irruption of the Juventus. In this sense, the journalist Fabrizio Romano ensures that the 'Vecchia Signora' is very interested in the one of Ouragahio to cover the imminent drop of Paul Pogba.

Understand Franck Kessié remains one of the priority targets for Juventus. The intention is to insist in the next days and try to check if the player would be open to the Moves. ⚪️⚫️🇨🇮

Kessié always wanted to stay at Barça or try Premier League experience — Juve will try to push. pic.twitter.com/sdbypupfxo

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 15, 2023

And it is that the international French, the one who lost almost all the season gone through physical problems, is very near of fichar by the To the-Ittihad Saudi, club that already fichó to his compatriots Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kanté. The course of Pogba will leave a gap in the staff 'bianconeri' that well can cover Kessié, as long as the mediocentro accept to go out of the Barça this summer to return to a Series To where already shined with the AC Milan.

The Juve prepares more exits for fichar to Kessié

In addition to Pogba, The Juventus also has foreseen to give exit to Arthur, Weston McKennie and Denis Zakaria, the three by decision of the technical body. The Brazilian comes of a cession fallida in the Liverpool and, to the equal that McKennie, has valid agreement until 2025. In the case of Zakaria, his agreement expires in 2026, by which is likely that the club negotiate his gone out loan.

Of equal way, the managerial 'bianconera' go more feasible the arrival of Franck Kessié via loan, without option of compulsory purchase, an alternative that does not satisfy the interests of a Barça urgido for doing box through sales. In principle, the traspaso of the marfileño would have to leave between 15 and 20 million euros in the arks culés, considering that the marfileño is three years old more than agreement for fulfilling.

Franck insists in being still in the Barça

Although the player of 26 years knows that the arrival of Ílkay Gündogan and the imminent signing of Oriol Romeu leave him fewer options to play, his priority is to be still in the Barça. The marfileño already descartó return to Italy in January, when the Inter posed a barter by Marcelo Brozovic for ficharle, and everything aims to that the Juve neither will succeed in this mission. However, the Barça expects a formal offer juventina in the next days, while the option of the To the-Hilal follows on the table, waiting for an improvement salarial that finish to convince to the of Ouragahio.