Juventus may decide to cut their losses on summer signing Tiago Mendes and sell the midfield flop in January.
The Portuguese international was Juventus’ most expensive acquisition for the new season as the Bianconeri forked out almost £9.2m for the Lyon man.
Tiago was expected to provide the Juventus midfield some much-needed power after the loss of Patrick Vieira and Emerson in 2006.
However the ex-Chelsea man has been a complete disaster in Turin and Ranieri has made it perfectly clear that he does not fancy the player by picking the likes of Cristiano Zanetti and Antonio Nocerino ahead of him.
Reports in today’s Corriere dello Sport claim that Juventus will cut their losses and let Tiago go in January for a cut-price deal. As a replacement Ranieri will be handed €20m to find his man.
The favourite to take TiagoÂ’s position at the club is Boca Juniors midfielder Pablo Ledesma. The 23-year-old is rated highly in Argentina and recently made his debut for the national side in the game with Chile earlier this year.
Another option could be to bring back Italy Under-21 international Claudio Marchisio, who has been sent out on loan to Empoli. The 21-year-old played a prominent part in JuventusÂ’ Serie B promotion campaign last year but was sent to Tuscany to free up space for Tiago.
