Juventus Goalkeeper Reset: Di Gregorio and Perin Depart as Vicario Takes Charge

So much for stability in goal.

Barely weeks after Juventus brought in Guglielmo Vicario on a season-long loan, the club is bracing for a full-scale reset between the posts. The position that was supposed to be settled is suddenly wide open again — and August is turning into a month of farewells.

Michele Di Gregorio, last season’s starter, has seen the direction of travel clearly enough. With Vicario arriving and the pressure mounting after an error-strewn campaign, the 26-year-old has agreed to a season-long loan move to the Premier League with Bournemouth. Built into that deal is an option to buy, valued at around €14-15 million according to multiple reports, a figure that underlines both his potential and Juventus’ willingness to move on.

Behind him, the safety net is going too.

Mattia Perin, the long-serving backup and one of the quieter constants in recent Juve squads, is closing in on a permanent move to Palermo. The Serie B side are working out the final details of a transfer fee with Juventus, but the direction is clear: Perin is set to swap the role of dependable deputy in Turin for a starting shirt in Sicily.

If the Di Gregorio move feels logical after a season littered with costly mistakes and goals conceded at the near post, Perin’s departure cuts a little deeper. For years, he has been the model of a veteran who chose 10–15 high-level games a season at Juventus over the status of undisputed No. 1 at a smaller club. This time, the equation looks different. Palermo are reportedly putting a strong contract on the table, and with it the promise of regular football that even Perin can no longer ignore.

All of that leaves Juventus, on the eve of the new Serie A season, with a goalkeeping group stripped back to its bare bones.

As things stand, only Vicario and third-choice Carlo Pinsoglio — the dressing-room leader and unofficial “dad” of the squad — are certain to be called up for Sunday’s season opener away to Frosinone. For a club that finished sixth last season amid a blur of goalkeeping errors, it feels less like a coincidence and more like a deliberate purge.

Maybe Perin’s exit is simply the natural next step in his career. Maybe Di Gregorio just needed a fresh start in a new league. Or maybe this is Juventus’ hierarchy drawing a clear line under last season’s chaos and choosing to rebuild the position almost from scratch, with Vicario as the new anchor and another signing to follow.

Either way, the message is unmistakable: in goal, Juventus are not tinkering. They are starting over.