Juventus are being asked to look beyond the immediate shortage in their goalkeeping department and towards a player whose rise has begun to draw attention across Serie A. Lorenzo Palmisani, 22, has carried his form from Serie B into the top flight with Frosinone, meeting stronger opposition without losing the assurance that first placed him on Juventus’ radar.
The coach and the club
Juventus had already made preliminary enquiries for Palmisani during 2025 and returned to the subject in recent months, but did not complete a move with Frosinone. That early work may now matter. The goalkeeper’s performances, including his contribution against Como, have made him increasingly visible at a time when other clubs could soon enter the picture.
The situation reflects a wider Juventus concern. The club have had an open question in goal since 1 July, while chief executive Giovanni Carnevali has placed the recruitment of young Italian players among the priorities of his work. Existing contacts with Frosinone give Juventus a foundation, but contacts alone will not secure a player whose value could rise quickly.
Luciano Spalletti’s language offers a useful parallel for the club’s recruitment task. The coach wants his centre-forwards to “take position and protect the ball”; Juventus now need to establish their own position in the race for Palmisani. As Spalletti has put it in another context, a team must recognise a move before it becomes an action, because otherwise opponents will see it too.
There is no completed agreement and no settled plan to announce. Juventus’ current focus remains shaped by injuries and by the need for results on the pitch to return the club to the places it believes belong to it. Yet the outlines of a longer-term goalkeeping strategy are becoming clearer at Continassa.
A goalkeeper growing with Frosinone
Palmisani has adapted smoothly after moving up from Serie B, where the demands now include opponents accustomed to Champions League-level competition. His next international commitments will come with Silvio Baldini’s Italy Under-21 side: Armenia in Yerevan on 1 October, followed by Poland in Pescara on 5 October. Italy are pursuing qualification for the European Under-21 Championship.
Those fixtures offer another stage for a goalkeeper whose development is accelerating. Juventus’ initial interest has given them an early place in the conversation, but that advantage could disappear if they wait for his profile to become still larger.
Why Juventus did not move sooner
Some supporters may wonder why Juventus did not act when Palmisani was more accessible, particularly as the club are now working to bring former goalkeeper Norberto Neto back to Turin as a free agent in order to avoid being short of options.
The earlier circumstances, however, were less straightforward. At the time Palmisani could theoretically have been signed — or Giovanni Daffara retained before his move to Parma — Juventus were dealing with a confused goalkeeping picture. Two goalkeepers were expected to leave despite still being in the squad, and the club had yet to identify and sign its first-choice starter. With several other negotiations also demanding attention last summer, the hierarchy’s priorities lay elsewhere.
The more realistic objective now would be to secure Palmisani and potentially bring him in at the end of the season, while allowing him to continue developing. The longer view could also include Guglielmo Vicario: should he maintain his current level, Juventus could activate an €8 million purchase clause and create an all-Italian pair of goalkeepers.
For the moment, Palmisani remains Frosinone’s goalkeeper and an Italy Under-21 international with important matches ahead. Juventus’ task is to ensure that their early admiration becomes something more concrete before the rest of the market reaches the same conclusion.
