The brass at Serie A heavyweights Juventus are ready to push their pursuit of Barcelona star Ronald Araújo into overdrive over the days ahead.That’s according to Mundo Deportivo, citing Italian

Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo has reportedly agreed a move to Italian giants Juventus, news of which has come as a complete shock in the Catalan capital. The towering defender only made his first appearance of the season in Barcelona's Copa del Rey thrashing of fourth-tier Barbastro in January after recovering from a serious hamstring injury.

And Araújo has given the green light to a move to Juventus - who are now trying to convince Barcelona to let him leave on loan. The Uruguay international made a successful playing return in the weekend Copa del Rey win at Barbastro and afterwards announced new contract talks with Barca were underway.

Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo is out of contract in 18 months time, and after the first real attempts to extract him last January, Juventus are now in hot pursuit of him. The 25-year-old recently

Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has given the green light to a loan move to Juventus, according to Italian media. The Uruguay international recently returned from a lengthy injury lay-off after suffering a hamstring problem in pre-season.