Two absentees as Juventus internationals return to training

TURIN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 20: Bremer of Juventus celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammate Douglas Luiz during the Serie A match between Juventus and Atalanta BC at Allianz Stadium on September 20, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)

Luciano Spalletti had the majority of his squad back and available on Wednesday morning after the extra-long September-October international break, but is still waiting on two players to make their way back from their national team camps. 

Juventus back to work after September-October international break

Juventus had 11 players called up by their senior national teams for international duty over the last few weeks, namely Guglielmo Vicario (Italy), Kerim Alajbegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Zeki Celik (Turkiye), Francisco Conceicao (Portugal), Douglas Luiz (Brazil), Pierre Kalulu (France), Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands), Jhon Lucumi (Colombia), Nico Gonzalez (Argentina), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal) and Nick Woltemade (Newcastle).  

According to the latest updates from Gianluca Di Marzio, all but two of them were back at Continassa on Wednesday morning. The two South American players, Lucumi and Gonzalez, will be the last players to return after their long flights back from Colombia and Argentina respectively. 

The majority of the Juventus internationals carried out personalised sessions upon their returns to Turin on Wednesday. 

Conceicao will train separately on Wednesday afternoon after arriving back slightly later than expected due to poor weather ahead of his return flight. Alajbegovic is still awaiting the results of medical tests after missing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s most recent Nations League match. 

Kenan Yildiz, Manuel Locatelli and Khephren Thuram remain unavailable through injury.