Overview
- Juventus remained unbeaten and extended a four-game clean-sheet streak with a 1-0 win over Chelsea in Hong Kong on Wednesday, a result club reports say has boosted morale ahead of further tests.
- Coach Luciano Spalletti has used the tour to experiment with systems — shifting from a 4-2-3-1 toward a 3-4-2-1 — and praised the squad’s cohesion, describing the group as ‘a team’ after the Chelsea game.
- On the goalkeeper front Juventus is pursuing a reported route to sign Zion Suzuki via PSG and a season-long loan, a deal that depends on PSG completing their move for him from Parma.
- Jhon Lucumí has told his agent he wants to join Juve and talks with Bologna are ongoing with possible player-plus-deal structures, and Manchester United has signalled openness to a loan for striker Joshua Zirkzee, making him a concrete option.
- The club faces clear roster priorities — a keeper, a left-back backup to Cambiaso, a left-footed centre-back, a box-to-box midfielder and another centre-forward — while sporting directors work to fund ins and outs under tighter finances and assess short-term issues such as Federico Gatti’s right-thigh muscle concern before the Perth friendly with Inter.