Juventus want to sign Everton striker Beto in January
Everton striker Beto could leave Goodison Park less than six months after arriving after Juventus registered their interest in a January transfer, according to Corriere Dello Sport.
Writing in their print edition (2 November, pg 7), the Italian news outlet report that the Turin club are interested in bolstering their attacking options in the winter window and sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli is a big fan of the former Udinese forward.
The report states that Giuntoli tried to sign Beto while he was at Napoli and after finding himself behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the pecking order at Goodison Park this season, Juventus could look to make a move to convince him to return to Italy at the first opportunity.
No way
Everton worked really hard in the summer to bring Beto into the club and they would have known what the plan was if they were able to keep Dominic Calvert-Lewin fit.
Beto is a Toffees fan and has been since childhood, so he will know the importance of loyalty and having options in the squad and will know that he will get an opportunity.
He has played regularly even if not from a starting position and the fans have taken really well to him too. There’s zero chance the club would be interested in losing any money on him either, so it would take a big fee from Juventus to convince us to let him go in the middle of the season.
If they come in with an offer, with a deal likely depending on the future of Dusan Vlahovic then we will have to think about it because he isn’t first-choice and there are likely to be other areas of the squad that need investing.
But after searching for so long for another forward and landing on Beto, letting him go so soon would surely be a mistake.
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