{"id":817626,"date":"2026-08-18T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817626\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:10:11","slug":"juventus-keen-on-tomori-and-kessie-while-zirkzee-hopes-boosted-by-man-united-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/817626\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus keen on Tomori and Kessi\u00e9 while Zirkzee hopes boosted by Man United decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/juventus-tomori-kessie-zirkzee-man-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/manchester-united-v-west-ham-uni-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-933552 has-webp\" alt=\"MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford on December 04, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND &#8211; DECEMBER 04: Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United   during the Premier League match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford on December 04, 2025 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Zirkzee was not involved in Manchester United\u2019s latest friendly against Milan, boosting Juventus\u2019 hopes of signing the Dutch striker, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Juventus\/18-08-2026\/juve-zirkzee-kessie-fofana-tomori-obiettivi.shtml?refresh_ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gazzetta.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Juventus remain interested in Manchester United striker Zirkzee and are determined to open talks with the Red Devils if Jonathan David leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Juventus transfer news: Zirkzee, Tomori, Kessi\u00e9<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/manchester-united-fc-v-fulham-fc.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-969146 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 16: Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammate Marcus Rashford during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Fulham FC at Old Trafford on August 16, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND \u2013 AUGUST 16: Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United celebrates scoring his team\u2019s first goal with teammate Marcus Rashford during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Fulham FC at Old Trafford on August 16, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Zirkzee is not part of Manchester United\u2019s plans, as evidenced by Michael Carrick\u2019s decision to omit the ex-Bologna star from the club\u2019s friendly against Milan on August 15.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus have already confirmed five new signings for 2026-27 and will soon announce Guglielmo Vicario as their new goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Their transfer activity, however, is not over as the Serie A giants are still willing to bring in reinforcements in attack, midfield and defence.<\/p>\n<p>Gazzetta and<a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/todays-papers-milan-surprise-juventus-vicario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Corriere dello Sport confirm<\/a> that ex-Milan and Atalanta star\u00a0Franck Kessie remains the Bianconeri\u2019s priority target. The Ivory Coast international is available as a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>As for the defence, Juventus are monitoring the left-back market but are also exploring low-cost options, including Milan\u2019s Fikayo Tomori.<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANCHESTER, ENGLAND &#8211; DECEMBER 04: Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-817626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}