According to L’Équipe and La Gazzetta dello Sport, Nicolas Anelka would be close to commit to Juventus with a 5 months contract an additional year option.

It looks like Nicolas Anelka will leaving China and might be going to Italy according to some sources

Yesterday, it was Newcastle who was featured on the transfer market with three new officialisations. Today, it is Juventus who leads the dance, with several hot issues. Nicolas Anelka! The French striker, aged 33, began discussions for a week and they are now well under way. To do this, he must reach to free himself from his contract with Shanghai Shenhua (which runs until December 2013). Thus, it could commit for 5 months with an additional year option.

Since the beginning of the transfer window, Juventus seeks both a high level striker for next season (it was found in the person of Llorente, formalized yesterday) and another to come and give a hand to the end of this year. While Lisandro Lopez held the rope in the minds of the leaders of yesterday, today is the track that Anelka is the most advanced. This is not to say that the Turin will forget the case of the Argentine OL, they will be there tonight for the match Valenciennes-OL. However, Lisandro longer appears as an alternative to that Anelka as a possible complement.

Antonio Conte wanting to bring Anelka to the Serie A

Anelka playing fetch in China since 2012 represents a risk sport. La Gazzetta dello Sport says Juve that Carlo Ancelotti was contacted to know the fitness of the French striker, who has trained for a few days with PSG . Ancelotti would have responded positively to questions, convince completing the Old Lady. The possible arrival of Anelka in the coming hours would cause a wave of departures side scorers already present in large numbers. Matri Quagliarella and could thus be loaned to Fiorentina.