Juventus season over for Koopmeiners, Club World Cup target

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Peter Young | Last updated May 18, 2025 6:23 AM ET

Teun Koopmeiners’s Serie A season with Juventus is expected to be over, which leaves him targeting a return in time for the start of the FIFA Club World Cup in mid-June according to various reports in Italy.

The Dutchman has not featured for the Bianconeri since the 2-1 win over Lecce on April 12, a game in which he scored his third Serie A goal of the 2024-25, his fourth in all competitions.

Koopmeiners has been struggling with an achilles tendon injury since then, an issue that will keep him out of action against Udinese in Serie A on Sunday, and which is also expected to rule him out of the final game of the season against Venezia as well.

That leaves him pushing for a return in time for the start of the newly-formatted Club World Cup, which starts on June 15. Juventus’s first game of the competition will fall on June 19 against Al Ain in Washington, D.C..

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USMNT star Weston McKennie is in line to start in midfield alongside Manuel Locatelli against Udinese on Sunday in Koopmeiners’s absence.

The Old Lady will claim the last remaining Champions League spot in Serie A if they win their final two matches of the season, although there is a scenario where they can claim fourth place this weekend, if they win and if Lazio, Roma and Bologna all lose.

If that does not happen, the Champions League race will go into the final day of the 2024-25 season.

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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