Barcelona and Juventus are not unwilling to a new deal, so you know Tuttosport Thursday to report. Douglas Costa would in that case leave for Spain, while the injury-prone Ousmane Dembélé would then go the other way. It is primarily a rental deal between both top clubs, it sounds. Last summer, Juventus took over Arthur Melo from Barcelona and traded Miralem Pjanic La Vecchia Signora in for a contract at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona are willing to get rid of Dembele, who has only recently recovered from a serious hamstring injury, temporarily or otherwise. The French winger has already been mentioned in the English media at both Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The aforementioned Italian newspaper is now adding Juventus to the list of interested clubs. The Italians, in turn, are prepared to temporarily store Douglas Costa, who also regularly suffers injuries, elsewhere.

The fit again Dembélé, taken over from Borussia Dortmund for 105 million euros in 2017, does not have to count on a basic place at Barcelona under the new trainer Ronald Koeman. In preparation for the new season, the Juventus-linked winger was mainly used as a substitute. Koeman wants Lionel Messi to operate more from the right and summer addition Francisco Trincão is also an important candidate for the right flank of the Catalan superpower.

Douglas Costa is in a similar situation at Juventus, as trainer Andrea Pirlo does not seem to have a basic place in store for him. The wing attacker only came into the lines in the final phase against Sampdoria (3-0) last Sunday, the first game of the new Serie A season. Douglas Costa, like Dembele, was also recently named at Manchester United after the English failed to take over Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund.