Juventus’ 1-1 draw at Cagliari sharpened a practical question for Luciano Spalletti: should attacking depth be the club’s first priority in January? Get Italian Football News identifies a blunt attack and a thin squad among the coach’s main problems, while Tuttosport reports that Juventus have begun considering ideas for the winter market. Neither report confirms a specific target or a completed transfer plan.
The case for reinforcement is clear from the numbers and the available options. Juventus sit sixth with 11 points, five behind joint leaders Inter and Lazio, while Spalletti’s side has scored nine goals and conceded five in its first six league matches. A run of fitness concerns affecting Juventus has further narrowed the choices available to him.
The league position is an early warning, not a verdict on the season. Still, the comparison with Igor Tudor’s opening run is uncomfortable: across their first six matches, Tudor took 12 points and Spalletti has taken 11, with both teams scoring nine and conceding five. Get Italian Football News notes that Tudor was later dismissed, although the shared figures do not mean the two situations are identical.
For Juventus, the more immediate concern is the conversion of attacking opportunities. The team has managed only one win in its last four Serie A fixtures, according to the report, and the current returns from its central forwards give the club a concrete reason to assess its options. A January addition would be an editorial conclusion from those figures, not confirmation that a signing has been authorised.
Tuttosport also reports that Juventus have started outlining ideas for the January window, with a forward identified as a priority in its coverage. The paper says Spalletti is increasingly persuaded that Kolo Muani needs an attacking partner. That points to a question of fit as well as headcount: whether the club can add a dependable scorer who complements the current forward line.
Randal Kolo Muani returned to Juventus in a summer transfer reported at €41 million, but he has scored once in the first six matches covered by Get Italian Football News. His earlier spell in Italy offered a far more productive sample: eight goals and one assist in 16 appearances during a six-month loan from Paris Saint-Germain in 2024-25.
Nick Woltemade, who joined on loan from Newcastle on deadline day, had not scored in four Serie A appearances at the point described in the report. Spalletti has given Kolo Muani freedom to move across the frontline, with Nico Gonzalez making runs as a second striker, but the approach has not yet produced enough finishing. The numbers do not settle what either player can offer over a full season; they do explain why another reliable option belongs in the January discussion.
The Cagliari match also fed into Spalletti’s thinking about a partnership. Tuttosport reports that he sees scope for Kolo Muani to operate alongside a second forward, with the pair able to exchange roles. That is a reported tactical preference, not evidence that Juventus have selected a player to fill the role.
The shortage is not limited to the strikers. Get Italian Football News reports that Kenan Yildiz, Manuel Locatelli, Khephren Thuram, Jeff Ekhator and Jeremie Boga have been unavailable or restricted by injuries. Those absences reduce Spalletti’s options across the squad, making a forward signing helpful but insufficient on its own.
The report also identifies difficulty managing key moments and a lack of personality as separate concerns. Juventus had gone 14 consecutive matches under Spalletti without winning after conceding first, while Nico Gonzalez and Gleison Bremer were emerging as leaders in a squad the source describes as still needing to mature. A new striker cannot by himself change that record or restore every absent player.
Get Italian Football News argues that Juventus are not yet keeping pace with Inter and Roma or showing the consistency required to challenge for the Scudetto. Its account places those concerns alongside the team’s thin squad; it does not name a January target. The immediate test comes against Lazio at the Allianz Stadium, a match the report frames as important to Juventus’ Champions League qualification race.
On the evidence available, a dependable forward should be at the top of Juventus’ January priorities: Kolo Muani has one goal in six matches and Woltemade none in four league appearances. That is a recommendation drawn from the scoring record, not a confirmed club decision. The next meaningful indicators will be whether the forwards improve before the winter window and whether Juventus can recover players currently missing through injury.
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