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Juventus and Sassuolo battling it out for Sporting Lisbon youngster

Juventus and Sassuolo battling it out for Sporting Lisbon youngster

Serie A giants Juventus and Sassuolo are battling it out for the signature of Sporting Lisbon youngster Merih Demiral.

The 1998 born centre-back is originally contracted to Sporting, but is on loan at Alaynspor. Despite being 20, he has appeared in 15 games in the Turkish league, even scoring once.

Sky Italia state that Juve and Sassuolo are in talks for the Turk, who will cost about 7 million euros.

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