Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 10:59 am• Wessel Antes

Rick Karsdorp’s situation at AS Roma is being closely monitored by Juventus, it knows La Gazetta dello Sport. According to Italian media, the 27-year-old right-back was told by an enraged Jose Mourinho last Wednesday that he may look for a new club in January. Juve sees bread in the Schoonhovenaar, who is still in Rome until mid-2025.

The pink sports newspaper even reports that the representatives of Karsdorp are already in talks with Juventus. It is not known whether this concerns a purchase construction or a lease deal. Massimiliano Allegri sees the right leg as the ideal reinforcement for his right flank, where he would have to compete with Danilo and Juan Cuadrado. AS Roma would demand about seventeen million euros for the services of the three-time international. In 2017, the Romans bought Karsdorp from Feyenoord for sixteen million euros.

On Wednesday, things went completely wrong between Karsdorp and Mourinho. The right back came in against Sassuolo (1-1) only in the 65th minute as a substitute for Zeki Celik and then made a mistake with the goal five minutes before the end. Mourinho showed his anger at the press conference. “The team’s commitment was betrayed because of the attitude of an unprofessional player. He betrayed everyone else. A mistake is part of the game, but I had 16 players on the field and I didn’t like one.” Although Mourinho declined to name his name, it became clear that the player in question was dealt with harshly. “I told the player to find another team in January.”

Since his arrival in the Italian capital, Karsdorp has played 122 games for Roma, in which he was accurate once and acted as principal thirteen times. He won the Conference League with the Roman club last season, beating his ex-club Feyenoord 1-0 in the final. In the 2019/20 season, Karsdorp still played on a rental basis for the Rotterdam team, after which he only really developed into a basic player when he returned to Rome.