The Old Lady Speaks, Episode 236: Juventus are closing in on Douglas Luiz

The rebuild of Juventus’ midfield looks to be closing in on its first big addition, with the very complicated players-plus-cash swap deal with Aston Villa reportedly close from crossing the finish line.

On Episode 236 of The Old Lady Speaks, we discuss:

• Thiago Motta is officially Juventus’ new manager! Surprise!
• Juventus look close to completing a swap deal involving three players that would see Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz be one of Motta’s first big signings of the summer.
• What would Douglas Luiz bring to the table? We take a look.
• Some of the other recent transfer rumors don’t have us as happy as the Douglas Luiz deal — most notably how Juventus continue to be linked with a move for Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood.
• Just a week after it looked like Juventus keeper Wojciech Szczesny wasn’t going to probably consider a bid from Saudi Arabia, he now looks like he could be going to the Middle East as Juve try and make their transition in goal possible early in the summer transfer window.

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