Medhi Benatia set for Juventus stay

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Dan Burke·5 January 2019

Medhi Benatia set for Juventus stay

Juventus have no plans to sell out-of-favour centre back Medhi Benatia in January.

Benatia has made just six appearances in all competitions this season and hasn’t featured in Serie A since giving away a penalty in the Bianconeri’s 2-0 win away at AC Milan back in November.

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The 31-year-old is reportedly keen to move on in search of regular playing time elsewhere this month, but Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport claim the Moroccan will not be allowed to leave the club until the summer at the earliest.

Milan, Arsenal and Schalke are all said to have enquired about Benatia, but Juve want to keep him as cover in the event of an injury to Giorgio Chiellini or Leonard Bonucci.

Benatia joined the Serie A champions for €20m from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2016, and is under contract in Turin until June 2020.