Several offers have been made to the defender but a final agreement just can not be reached which is beginning to frustrate the club and sporting director Patrick Kluivert. Everything was agreed for Witsel’s move to Turin, with the player himself saying in November: “Ill join Juventus. been with West Ham since 2012 after initially signing on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool. Like current Kop stars Adam Lallana, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firminho, the Swede is supremely versatile and can play almost anywhere outside of defence. In the absence of Lassana Diarra, the youth product has stepped up and taken control. along with his new team-mates, but the winter break means he wont be able to make his debut for another week. the contract situation just after Juventus defeat to AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup on December 23, he said: I havent signed anything yet. Juve boss Massimilliano Allegri, who has been linked with replacing Arsene Wenger, wants to create a formidable attacking trio of Higuain, Paulo Dybala and Sanchez. The Russian club are bankrolled by Gazprom and signed the Belgian and Brazil star Hulk, who coincidentally now also plays in China for Shanghai SIPG, in a combined £64m deal. rts daily LIVE blogReuters4Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones have been solid at back for Manchester UnitedAP:Associated Press4Jose Mourinho wants solid centre-back partnership like Ferdinand and VidicFrom Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister to Jaap Stam and Ronny Johnsen to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.