Chelsea defender Renato Veiga‘s future is increasingly complicated, and it remains unclear where he will be playing next season.
According to Calciomercato, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca wants Veiga back at Stamford Bridge after his six-month loan at Juventus.
The Series A club are preparing an offer to keep the Portuguese international star. Juventus believe the €50 million price tag is too high and will try to engineer another loan.
However, Chelsea are unwilling to accept that arrangement. The Blues will ask Juventus to meet their demand, or they will take him back, as Maresca is a massive fan.
The Lisbon-born star was an excellent utility player at Chelsea, filling in at left-back, midfield and centre-back.
But after he debuted for Portugal in central defence, he was keen on playing there, hence his move to Italy on loan.
Juventus lost Gleison Bremer and needed a centre-back. They replaced Bremer with Veiga, who has done a superb job.
Chelsea should keep Veiga, sell Badiashile and back Maresca
Chelsea should keep Veiga next season. Rather than entertain Juventus, the Blues must see him as a key asset moving forward and use him in his favoured centre-back position.
With Benoit Badiashile constantly struggling for form and consistency, Chelsea should offload him to create space for Veiga to step in.
Maresca is keen to reintegrate Veiga and values players with tactical intelligence and positional flexibility. Veiga perfectly fits the bill.
While he should primarily be deployed at centre-back, his ability to cover left-back and defensive midfield roles makes him a strategic depth piece for a squad competing on multiple fronts.
