Awaiting Certainty Mattia Perin's Return To Genoa

JAKARTA - Genoa reportedly opened talks to bring home goalkeeper Mattia Perin next month. According to senior Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, negotiations for Perin's move are ongoing because Genoa have lost faith in Ionut Radu.

The 27-year-old joined Juventus in the summer of 2018 as a future replacement for Gianluigi Buffon. However, he only played nine games last season.

His planned move to Benfica for a fee of 15 million euros in August was also canceled. The process of recovering from shoulder surgery which took four months made the Portuguese club management rethink.

As a result, Perin must be willing to be the third choice behind Wojciech Szczesny and veteran Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon who returned from Paris Saint-Germain. Even so, the owner of two caps with the Italian national team is now fit and is part of the Bianconeri squad which travels to Sampdoria, Wednesday, December 18 evening.

It was not disclosed whether Grifone wanted to get Perin's signature on loan or on a permanent basis. What seems certain, on the other hand, is their loss of trust in Radu.

The Inter loanee shone for Romania at the European Under-21 Championship over the summer and is said to be taking over from Samir Handanovic for the Nerazzurri goalkeeper. In fact, he has only kept two clean sheets in 16 Serie A games this season with 31 balls.

According to Goal.com, the Rossoblu have run out of patience with Radu's inconsistencies, from world-class saves to "alarming" mistakes.