Juventus’ 1-1 draw with Cagliari sharpened a practical question for Luciano Spalletti: should attacking depth be the club’s first priority in January? Get Italian Football News identify a dull attack and a weak squad among the manager’s main problems, while Tuttosport report that Juventus are beginning to consider ideas for the winter market. Neither report confirms a specific target or completed transfer plan.
The reinforcement work is clear from the numbers and the options available. Juventus are in 6th place with 11 points, 5 behind joint leaders Inter and Lazio, while Spalletti’s team have scored 9 goals and conceded 5 in their first 6 league matches. A series of fitness concerns affecting Juventus further narrowed the options available to him.
“Juventus” claims the return of the forward for January
League position is an early warning, not a verdict on the season. Still, the comparison to Igor Tudor’s opening campaign is unflattering: Tudor has 12 points to Spalletti’s 11 in the first six games, with both teams scoring nine goals and conceding five. Get Italian Football News notes that Tudor was subsequently dismissed, although the figures shared do not indicate the two situations are the same.
More worrying for Juventus is the conversion of attacking opportunities. According to the report, the team has managed just one win in their last four Serie A games and the current return of centre-forwards gives the club concrete reason to assess their options. The January addition will be an editorial result of these figures, not a confirmation that the signature has been authorized.
Tuttosport also reports that Juventus have begun to outline ideas for the January window and the striker has been identified as a priority in their scope. The paper reports that Spalletti increasingly believes Kolo Muani needs a strike partner. This points to a matter of both fit and personnel: whether the club can add a reliable goalscorer to complement its current forward line.
Kolo Muani and Woltemade are yet to score
Randal Kolo Muani returned to Juventus in a reported €41 million summer move, but he has scored once in the first six matches covered by Get Italian Football News. His previous spell in Italy offered a more prolific example: eight goals and one assist in 16 games during a six-month loan from Paris Saint-Germain in 2024-25.
Nick Woltemade, who was loaned from Newcastle on deadline day, had not scored in four Serie A games at the point in the report. Spalletti gave Kolo Muani the freedom to move across the front line, with Nico Gonzalez running in as a second striker, but the approach was still not quite finished. The numbers don’t address what either player can offer over a full season; they explain why another valid option belongs to the January debate.
The Cagliari match also got Spalletti thinking about the partnership. Tuttosport reports that he sees opportunities for Kolo Muani to work alongside the second forward and the pair could swap roles. This is a reported tactical advantage, not evidence that Juventus have chosen a player to fill the role.
A new forward will not solve every problem
The shortage is not limited to strikers. Get Italian Football News reports that Kenan Yıldız, Manuel Locatelli, Khephren Thuram, Jeff Ekhator and Jeremie Boga are unavailable or limited due to injury. These shortcomings reduce Spalletti’s options in the team, making the forward signing useful but insufficient on its own.
The report also identifies difficulty managing key points and lack of personality as separate concerns. Juventus have gone 14 games in a row under Spalletti without a win since conceding the first, with Nico Gonzalez and Gleison Bremer emerging as leaders in a team that still needs to mature, the source said. A new striker cannot change this record by himself or restore every player who is absent.
Get Italian Football News claims Juventus are yet to match Inter and Roma or show the consistency required to challenge for the Scudetto. His account places these concerns alongside the team’s weak squad; he does not name a January target. The immediate test will be against Lazio at the Allianz Stadium, a match reportedly crucial to Juventus’ Champions League qualification race.
On current evidence, a reliable striker should be at the top of Juventus’ January priorities: Kolo Muani has one goal in six matches and Woltemade has not scored in four league games. This is not a confirmed club decision, but a recommendation from the goal record. The next meaningful indicators will be whether the strikers improve before the winter window and whether Juventus can replace the players currently missing through injury.