Giovinco renewal dragging on, will Arsenal or Spurs try in January?

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The future of Juventus forward Sebastian Giovinco remains unclear and Italian newspaper reports suggest Arsenal and Tottenham may be lurking.

While Sebastian Giovinco is back in the Italian national set-up, he is still to sign a new contract with Juventus and could be lured away in January.

The diminutive forward has been stuck in limbo after an extremely promising start to his career and talks over a contract extension remain thorny.

Although Massimiliano Allegri has replaced Antonio Conte as coach, it remains to be seen whether Giovinco’s chances of getting first-team football improve.

Ironically, Conte, who primarily used Giovinco as a back-up, chose the Atomic Ant for his squads to face Holland and Norway, giving a glimmer of hope for a return to regular national football.

According to Tuttosport, Premier League sides are again eyeing Giovinco, knowing that he may be unsettled and could be a bargain if he doesn’t agree a new deal with Juventus.

Arsenal and Tottenham have both been repeatedly linked with Giovinco in the past and he could be seen as a useful winter reinforcement.

However, Tuttosport insists that Juventus have no intention of selling the homegrown talent and expects the club to make a concerted effort to extend his contract beyond June 2015.