{"id":5007,"date":"2026-08-16T08:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:17:51","slug":"report-everything-is-on-hold-as-juventus-shift-focus-to-vicario-after-suzuki-loan-deal-fades-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=5007","title":{"rendered":"Report: \u2018Everything is on hold\u2019 as Juventus shift focus to Vicario after Suzuki loan deal fades away"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We are entering the final weekend of there being no calcio ahead of the 2026-27 season kicking off next week. And just nine days away from Juventus beginning the new campaign against Frosinone, their goalkeeper situation is very much just as unsettled as it was \u2014 and likely much more now! \u2014 than it was back at the end of the 2025-26 season when we all knew a change was needed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Juventus are about to pivot to yet another backup option when it comes to signing a new goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is now as a result of the potential season-long deal between Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain for Zion Suzuki going from distinct possibility to looking very unlikely to happen all within a day or so. That means the latest pivot to try and bring in a new goalkeeper as a result of Michele Di Gregorio\u2019s host of struggles over the last 12 months has taken us to Guglielmo Vicario being described as \u201cthe favorite\u201d in terms of potential candidates. (Which, unless there\u2019s somebody that Giovanni Carnevali and Frederic Massara are working on in the background that we don\u2019t know about, pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the current situation to sign a new goalkeeper.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, there\u2019s another twist in all this: As Sky Italia\u2019s Gianluca Di Marzio said an hour or two ago<\/a>, \u201ceverything is on hold.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh \u2026 well, that\u2019s good, right? Especially with the season all of nine days away from kicking off?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So now we have reached the point in the goalkeeper chase where Juventus have now pivoted not once, not twice, but three times after the initial attempt to sign Alisson Becker ended up in the handsome Brazilian staying at Liverpool this summer. No Emi Martinez. No Zion Suzuki as it looks like, too. Now Vicario?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Even if it\u2019s on loan, it\u2019s hard to really be OK with Juventus \u2014 a club who has employed some of the best goalkeepers to ever play this damn sport \u2014 going for a player who Tottenham Hotspur can\u2019t wait to get off their roster this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Di Gregorio is still around, and his future hasn\u2019t been resolved yet. Vicario might actually be arriving. This is quite the far cry from seeing two of the best keepers in the Premier League being the main target.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m tired, boss. I\u2019m tired talking about backup options to the backup option. We\u2019re reaching the territory where Juventus could end up signing a new goalkeeper just to say they signed somebody and then you might as well just be hoping for the best and potentially expecting the worst. Or maybe just the status quo, I dunno.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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