Zeki çelik nears Juventus move in June 2026
Zeki çelik is in the final months of his AS Roma contract, and an April 2026 claim says he has reached a preliminary agreement to join Juventus on a free transfer in June. For a 29-year-old Turkey right back who has been at Roma since 2022, the move would shift his club future before the summer window.
Zeki Çelik and Juventus
Mehmet Zeki Çelik was born on 17 February 1997 in Bursa's Yıldırım district and is 29 years old as of April 2026. He stands 1.80 meters tall, began at Yavuz Selimspor, and came through the Bursaspor academy before playing professionally for Bursaspor, Bursa Nilüferspor, and İstanbulspor.
His route to Italy has already included a league title, with Lille winning Ligue 1 while he was there. Roma brought him in in 2022, and the current claim places him on the move again, this time toward Turin and a June 2026 free transfer.
Roma deal entering its last stretch
The contract timing is the sharpest part of the story. If the June move goes ahead, Juventus would get a regular Turkey international without a transfer fee, while Roma would be staring at the end of a four-year run that began in 2022.
Çelik has played almost 60 matches for Turkey and is described as the national team's fixed right back. He also remains one of the key defensive pieces for Turkey in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, so his club decision carries over into the international schedule rather than sitting in isolation.
Bursa roots, national role
He is from Bursa and was the youngest of nine children, with his father working as a construction worker for a period to support the family. The profile also describes him as currently single, not married, and without children, which keeps attention on a player whose public life is still centered on football.
That private picture sits beside the public one: a player called “Bursa’nın gururu” who has already gone from Bursa’s academy system to France, then Rome, and now, by claim, toward Juventus. For Roma, the issue is whether one of its established defensive options is already headed into his exit months; for Juventus, it is the chance to add a 29-year-old right back on a free move in June 2026.
