Juventus willing to let Ramsey leave for nothing in January

Toby Bowles
Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey could leave Juventus on a free transfer in January, according to reports.

Ramsey, 31, has played only 78 minutes of Serie A football so far this season, and the Old Lady are keen to get his £400,000-a-week wages off the books.

Since arriving from Arsenal in 2019, he was won one Serie A title and the Coppa Italia, but his contributions have been few and far between.


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He has made just 65 appearances across the past two seasons, with the general consensus being that he is too brittle for the rigours of Italian football. Ramsey has been injured for 140 days since touching down in Turin.

According to The Sun, the Juventus hierarchy are now working on a deal that would see him leave the club for free.

Ramsey’s contract doesn’t expire until June 2023 but the club are so eager to move him on that they will not demand a fee for his services.

West Ham, Everton and Newcastle are all interested in the Welshman, who – at the cost of nothing (barring wages) – could end up being a savvy acquisition.

Ramsey made 371 appearances for the Gunners in his 11-year spell at the club, winning three FA Cups and two Community Shields.

He notched 65 goals and 65 assists across that period and was drawing attention from Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur as recently as last summer.

 

 

Max Allegri, though, appeared to suggest that Ramsey would play an important role for Juventus this season after a 2-1 friendly victory over Monza, in which the midfielder performed capably in a holding role.

“The club takes care of the transfer market, we talk every day,” the Juve boss told Sport Mediaset in July. “Ramsey played very, very well in front of the defence and I think in that role he can really become an important player.

“I salute Miralem [Pjanic, Barcelona midfielder, another club with whom Ramsey was linked], because we spent four years together with great victories. He is a Barcelona player now, we have talented players, and I think if Ramsey can be convinced to play in front of the defence, he can really do well there.

“He already can see passing channels, has a good sense of the geometry of the field and can also rest on the ball more than he does upfront.”