It’ll be one in, one out in the Juventus attack on deadline day, as they are signing Nick Woltemade from Newcastle United and shipping off Jonathan David to Atletico Madrid. The latter’s departure was always the key condition for adding a new striker.
According to Gianluca Di Marzio, he’s moving to Los Colchoneros on loan with a €25M option to buy. The Old Lady will contribute to his wages. Luciano Spalletti gave him a last-ditch opportunity to redeem himself against Parma, but he didn’t answer the bell and was heavily booed by the crowd. Instead, the Bianconeri will keep Nicolas Gonzalez, whom Los Rojiblancos were courting.
Juventus did try to sign Joshua Zirkzee while the David exit was coming together. However, Manchester United weren’t lenient on the terms, so they pivoted to Woltemade and got him on a simple loan. They’ll pay €5M and cover his wages.
The German international broke out at Stuttgart but didn’t live up to expectations following a big-money move to Newcastle United, losing the starting job in late December and finishing up with 11 goals and 6 assists in 53 appearances.
Our Take on Juventus Parting Ways with David and Adding Woltemade
The terms aren’t great in either case, but deadline day is not the time to be picky. They had to get rid of the former, as he lost confidence and was no longer even a workable option, let alone a good one. Their newcomer isn’t the stellar goal poacher they needed to fix their offense completely. Though, he’s a nice reclamation project, will bring something different to the table and can easily partner with all their other men.
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