Kenan Yildiz: the Turkish 'pearl' of Juventus that seduces Barça

FC Barcelona is keeping an eye on Kenan Yildiz. The 19-year-old is the new 'pearl' of Juventus, a club with which he has scored 6 goals and provided 5 assists in 37 matches this season (2,488 minutes). Although he has a contract for five more seasons and his release price seems prohibitive, Deco keeps the Turkish player on his radar, understanding that the 'bianconeri' sports crisis could facilitate his transfer at an affordable price next summer market.

For Barça, Yildiz could be a very useful reinforcement for the 2025/26 season if the squad loses attacking alternatives in the summer such as Ansu Fati, Pau Víctor, and Ferran Torres himself. The sale of the 'Shark' could be enough to cover the arrival of Juventus' '10', as the azulgrana team aims to earn around 30 'million' for the Valencian, as long as the player agrees to leave. 

The price at which Barça could sign Kenan Yildiz

Thus, Juventus, which rejected offers around 60 million euros for Yildiz in the last summer market, could resign themselves to losing the promising winger for a figure close to his current market value (45 'million'). The 19-year-old player has a contract until June 2029 and arrived in Turin in 2022 after leaving the Bayern Munich academy for free. Initially, his release price is set at 80M€, but Juventus' finances are not in good shape.

In one and a half seasons with the 'Vecchia Signora', the Turk has scored 10 goals and provided 9 assists in 69 matches. For the 'bianconeri', it would be very painful to lose Kenan this summer, but if Thiago Motta's team fails to qualify for the next Champions League (currently, they are fifth in Serie A), it is very likely they will resign themselves to losing the player born in Germany. Juventus suffered a severe blow to their financial plan for the 24/25 season by being eliminated in the playoff against PSV Eindhoven (3-2 on aggregate), and they could only save the season by securing their spot in the Champions League, in addition to winning the Coppa Italia.

In this tournament, they must face Empoli in the quarter-finals, while in Serie A they are practically out of the title race. The leader, Inter Milan, is eleven points ahead, before the Turin team plays their match of matchday 26. In the case of Yildiz, in addition to Barça, he could find a destination in the Premier League if Liverpool ends up losing Mohamed Salah and Luis Díaz next summer. The Colombian, in fact, is also on the culé radar.