Juventus and Roma are battling for Champions League football, but it’s reported they could swap Evan Ndicka with Teun Koopmeiners this summer.
There is just one point separating these two teams in the Serie A table going into the final three rounds, so the fight for fourth place could go down to the wire.
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Meanwhile, La Gazzetta dello Sport claim the clubs are also ready to do business off the field with a potential exchange deal.
Koopmeiners to Roma, Ndicka for Juventus?
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – FEBRUARY 17: Teun Koopmeiners of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Knockout Play-off First Leg match between Galatasaray A.S. and Juventus at Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi on February 17, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)
The idea would be to reunite former Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini with midfielder Koopmeiners, who has struggled badly in a variety of roles since his €58m move to Juventus in 2024.
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He never managed to recreate the kind of form he showed under Gasperini in Bergamo, and Juve simply want to make back some of the money spent on the Dutchman.
There could potentially be a swap with Roma defender Ndicka going to Turin.
TURIN, ITALY – MARCH 09: Teun Koopmeiners of Juventus looks dejected after the team’s defeat in the Serie A match between Juventus and Atalanta at the Allianz Stadium on March 09, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
The 26-year-old is under contract with the Giallorossi until June 2028, having arrived as a free agent in 2023.
Juventus are looking for a central defender who is left-footed and can work in Luciano Spalletti’s style of football, alternating with Lloyd Kelly as a partner to Gleison Bremer.
The asking price for Ndicka would be around €40m, especially as he is one of the alternatives to Inter and Barcelona when it comes to Alessandro Bastoni.
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