{"id":609213,"date":"2022-01-30T17:11:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=609213"},"modified":"2022-01-30T17:11:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T22:11:44","slug":"juventus-sign-switzerland-international-denis-zakaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/30\/juventus-sign-switzerland-international-denis-zakaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus Sign Switzerland International From Bundesliga Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria has joined Serie A side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/28\/barcelona-juventus-pierre-emerick-aubameyang\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1487820666091061257?t=-HZ_2IuEjj-AWY2G0PLtzw&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, who was out of contract in the summer, has put pen to paper on a long-term deal that will see him stay in Italy until 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Denis Zakaria Joins Juventus<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Denis Zakaria to Juventus, done deal and here we go! Agreement reached for \u20ac5m fee plus add ons to Borussia Moenchengladbach. \u26aa\ufe0f\u26ab\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Juventus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Juventus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contract agreed until June 2026. He\u2019s prepared to fly to Turin in the next hours with his agents &#8211; he replaces Bentancur who joins Spurs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HYHsdjDBLe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HYHsdjDBLe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1487820666091061257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Swiss Midfielder to Bolster Juve Midfield<\/h3>\n<p>Denis Zakaria has been a target for Max Allegri for a while, and now the <em>Old Lady<\/em> have finally landed the 25-year-old. The Swiss international is a strong, defensive midfielder and will fit perfectly into Juve&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus have a solid midfield and plenty of options but the arrival of Zakaria will add depth and competition for places, although the future of some players remain in doubt.<\/p>\n<h3>Rodrigo Bentancur Replacement<\/h3>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/30\/tottenham-rodrigo-bentancur-signing-juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur reached an agreement for midfielder Rodrigo Bentacur<\/a>, the arrival of Zakaria will be positive news for fans of the Serie A side.<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay international Bentancur switched Turin for Tottenham having won three Serie A titles during his time in Italy. While Zakaria is yet to pick up any accolades, he provides all the attributes to be a key component of a title or trophy-winning side.<\/p>\n<p>Zakaria made over 150 appearances for the German club, having arrived from Swiss side Young Boys in 2017. His experience at club level, coupled with 40 caps for Switzerland, will be important ahead of his start to life in Italy.<\/p>\n<h3>Good Business From Juventus<\/h3>\n<p>Having sold Bentancur for a reported \u20ac19 million, Juventus have been smart to acquire Zakaria for just \u20ac5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was out of contract in the summer, Juve needed to act quickly in replacing Bentancur and the Italian side have certainly wasted no time.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-placed Juventus welcome Verona on Sunday, January 6 following the recent international break where Zakaria will be hoping to make his Juve bow.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-8bWTBlJS0JnPAR_wgeoxw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1366255504\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-8bWTBlJS0JnPAR_wgeoxw',sig:'sXERRaNtt6AN2ikm3wo3cUExC-XrfF1uq69tg7Ck19M=',w:'594px',h:'406px',items:'1366255504',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria has joined Serie A side Juventus, according to Fabrizio Romano. The 25-year-old, who was out of contract in the summer, has put pen to paper on a long-term deal that will see him stay in Italy until 2026. Denis Zakaria Joins Juventus Denis Zakaria to Juventus, done deal and here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":609217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1362,4,5,28],"tags":[271,5016],"class_list":["post-609213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juventus","category-bundesliga","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-borussia-monchengladbach","tag-denis-zakaria"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}