Juventus Goalkeeping Reset: Di Gregorio and Perin Depart

So much for stability. Juventus thought they had calmed the waters by bringing in Guglielmo Vicario on a season-long loan. Instead, the move has triggered a full-scale reset in goal.

Within a few weeks, both of last season’s top options are packing their bags.

Michele Di Gregorio, the man who started most of last year, has accepted that his time in Turin is effectively over. He’s off to the Premier League, joining Bournemouth on a season-long loan that includes an option to buy set at around €14-15 million, according to multiple reports. For a keeper who endured what many around the club viewed as an “adventurous” campaign – costly mistakes, soft goals at the near post, a season that mirrored Juventus’ uneven sixth-place finish – the writing was clear enough.

Behind him, Mattia Perin is also nearing the door. The long-time backup, reliable whenever called upon and seemingly content with 10-15 games a season in black and white, is now close to a permanent move to Serie B side Palermo. The two clubs are still ironing out the transfer fee, but the direction is obvious: Perin is set to swap the Allianz Stadium bench for a starting role in Sicily, lured by a strong contract offer and the promise of regular football.

That leaves Sunday’s Serie A opener at Frosinone looking strangely bare in one of the most important positions on the pitch.

As things stand, only Vicario and third-choice veteran Carlo Pinsoglio — the dressing-room leader, the “unofficial dad” of the squad — are guaranteed to be on the team sheet. For a club that prides itself on depth and hierarchy, especially in goal, it’s a jarring picture. Juventus will now almost certainly dip back into the market in August for a second goalkeeper to complete the new rotation.

The decision to let Di Gregorio go is understandable in sporting terms. His debut season as starter never truly settled, and Juventus paid for it on the table. Letting Perin leave, though, cuts a little deeper. He has long been the model deputy: dependable, low-maintenance, and seemingly happy to sacrifice a starting role elsewhere for the chance to compete for trophies in Turin.

Now even that constant is changing.

Maybe Perin simply wanted a new challenge and a guaranteed starting spot before the window closed. Maybe Juventus’ hierarchy decided the time had come for a clean break from the errors and uncertainty that plagued last year’s campaign, keeping only Pinsoglio as the experienced link to the old guard.

Either way, the message is clear.

With Vicario in and two familiar faces on their way out, Juventus are not just rotating keepers. They are ripping up the depth chart and starting again.