Juventus have agreed a deal to signal highly-sought after Serbian worldwide Filip Kostic from Eintracht Frankfurt, 90min understands.
The wing-back has been incredible for Frankfurt in latest seasons and proved to be a key participant of their run to win the Europa League in 2021/22 – beating Rangers on penalties within the last. In what was his fourth marketing campaign on the Deutsche Financial institution Park, Kostic bagged a formidable 13 assists and 7 targets.
As a result of that kind, Italian giants Juventus have been eager so as to add the participant to their ranks and, in line with 90min sources, they’ve managed to do exactly that. The 29-year-old is now set to finish his medical in Turin earlier than absolutely finalising a deal.
Kostic had been closely linked with West Ham United earlier within the switch window and the membership had even held talks over a deal in late July.
With that switch not coming to fruition, La Vecchia Signora have been capable of swoop in to signal some a lot wanted cowl on the left-hand aspect of their crew.
Juve’s present first-choice left-back Alex Sandro has largely underperformed in latest seasons, whereas the membership additionally struggled to subject a pure left midfielder all final season – Adrien Rabiot normally stuffed in on this place, and by no means effectively.
Kostic’s tactical flexibility will enable him to successfully fill each of these gaps in Juventus’ squad and in addition give Max Allegri the choice to play a 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 formation.
