Juventus Will Have Trouble Keeping Chelsea Loanee Veiga | OneFootball

Renato Veiga has been convincing in his first few Juventus displays, filling in for the injured Pierre Kalulu admirably, playing with a lot of energy, and displaying immediate attachment to the team and the fan base. While his price tag is lower than Randal Kolo Muani’s, it’ll be tougher for the Bianconeri to retain him from Chelsea, Tuttomercatoweb informs.

The Old Lady spent €5M to have him for the second half of the season, wages included. They didn’t insert an option to buy because Chelsea wanted to set it at €33M plus add-ons. The Turin side settled for a simpler formula.

Veiga will initially head back to London next summer and likely participate in the Club World Club, but Juventus will try to sign him outright if he keeps faring as he has done so far. The figure could decrease a little in case of a permanent deal, but not by a lot.

The Pensioners believe in his potential, which led to a €14M investment to add him from Basel. They’d let him go only for a substantial fee. He has starred exclusively as a center-back in Italy, while he played as a left-back and as a holding midfielder too in his previous stops.

Our Take on Juventus and Veiga

He was fairly touted beforehand, but the fact that he has fit in swimmingly has been a big help in a trying time for their defense since Kalulu was their top performer. Since Lloyd Kelly will stay unless something very odd happens, and they can only have so many defenders, especially pricey ones, it might as well come down to either him or David Hancko.