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Italian sports site Sportmediaset claims that Juventus is interested in Barcelona midfielder and Spanish international Xavi (28). Together with Werder Bremen's Diego, the Catalan should become the key player of Juventus' midfield next season.

Jonathan Koenig, one of the representatives of Xavi, would recently have met with Barcelona officials to talk about a contract renewal but an agreement couldn't reached (read more here).

Xavi, whose contract expires in the summer of 2010, would be asking a serious increase of his 3,5 million euro year salary, which Barcelona president Joan Laporta isn't willing to give him. The player would now consider using article 17 of the FIFA Transfer Regulations, which permits players to terminate their contracts after a 'protected period'.

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