Manuel Locatelli has joined Juventus on a two-year deal, with an obligation to buy for €35m. The two-year contract will be till June 2026 and the Italian midfielder will wear the Jersey number 27 at Juventus.
Juventus also confirmed the deal in a statement released on Wednesday 18th August 2021, on their official social media handle.
The club said their midfield has been enriched with the arrival of Manuel Locatelli, whose talent is most certainly undeniable.
Manuel Locatelli, 23, born in Lecco on 8th January 1998 was part of the Azzurri team which won the EURO 2020 in the final against England. He also scored a brace against Switzerland in that competition.
Juventus in their statement, stated that “in addition to his goals, Manuel is an absolute quality and security in midfield, bringing a level of class that few have. The giant steps he has made in the top-flight, after a period at Atalanta and Milan’s youth teams, only confirms this,” the club said.
Since making his Serie A debut with Milan (21st April 2016), he is the youngest outfield player to have played at least 100 appearances in the Italian top-flight (144 appearances, with eight goals and 11 assists). Whilst on duty with Sassuolo last season (the team he joined in 2019 from Milan), Locatelli was recorded as having made the most passes in Serie A (2,749), while also successfully completing the greatest number of passes (1,358). That’s not all, his stats also showed that he won the most tackles in the top-flight, with 81 to his name.