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Fabrizio Romano reveals talks for Chelsea’s top target of 2026
Carlo Garganese
- 2 Dec 2025 08:32 GMT
- 4 min read
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Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Juventus will renew contract talks with Kenan Yildiz over the next 10 days.
The Bianconeri have been struggling to agree a new deal with the Turkey wonderkid for a number of months now.
Current ETV
Kenan Yıldız
M (L), F (C)
Juventus
Kenan Yıldız
M (L), F (C)
Juventus
ETV Range
€47.4M - €57.9M
This has encouraged Chelsea, who have made Yildiz their top target for next summer.
Yildiz contract talks
But Romano says Juve will hold talks with Yildiz over the next 10 days to try and strike a breakthrough.
Yildiz earns just €1.7 million a year and Juve want to ward off interest from Chelsea by giving him a far more lucrative deal of around €5-6m per season.
The Italian reiterates that Juventus are not feeling too much concern about Yildiz as he still has a contract until 2029.
Romano has stated many times that Chelsea are the club who wants Yildiz most but he says that Juventus still hold a lot of power due to his contract length.
Yildiz has emerged over the last year or so as one of the most exciting young talents in Europe.
The teenager has long been tipped to become a superstar. Juve beat Barcelona to his signature as a 16-year-old in the summer of 2022 when his contract at Bayern Munich expired.
At the time this was considered as a huge coup for a player seen as one of the best in the world at his age group.
Yildiz initially played with Juventus’ Under-19s and Next Gen team in Serie C, but broke into the first team setup midway through 2023-24.
Last season, Yildiz scored 12 goals and made nine assists in all competitions.
This season he has dipped a touch but he scored twice on Sunday in the 2-1 win over Cagliari.
Yildiz has already been compared to Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero, who was his idol as a kid.
Like the 2006 World Cup winner, Yildiz loves to cut in from the left and boasts wonderful control, technique and the ability to beat a man and unleash a shot in on goal.
He even celebrates in the same way as Del Piero did, sticking out his tongue when he scores. The pair have developed something of a bromance together.
Yildiz has been capped 25 times by Tukey, scoring five goals and playing at Euro 2024.
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