The Bianconeri boss has relentlessly tried to find a suitable position to get the best out of attacking midfielder Teun Koopmeiners to no avail.
The Netherlands international, who was recently omitted from the final squad for World Cup qualifiers, has failed to repeat anywhere the quality of his displays at Atalanta.
He bagged 33 goals in two seasons for Atalanta, and played a pivotal role to help the club lift the 2023/24 Europa League trophy.
These sort of performances caught the attention of Juventus, lured by the promise of Project Motta on a five-year deal in August 2024.
This was among the big Serie A summer signings and cost the club a transfer fee of €58.4m (US$68.2m), with an astronomical annual salary of €6.8m (US$7.9m).
Despite a stuttering season sporting the Juve jersey, it was surprising that he was not added to their summer transfer list. It appeared that he had become one of Tudor’s favorites.
Only a Serie A bit-part
Yet three second-half appearances and a start in the Derby d’Italia, hauled off against Inter Milan after 73 minutes, are all he has to show for his Serie A endeavours this term.
Below average performances from the 27-year-old this season, even as a central midfielder or wing-back, leaves Tudor scratching his head on how to get the best out of Koopmeiners.
With no sign of his form improving, it would be best for Juve to explore cutting their losses and selling Koopmeiners during the winter transfer window.
Expense of Openda and Zheghova
At least they could trim their wage bill, which was hiked up with the deadline day seemingly panic arrivals of the highly-paid duo of Lois Openda and Edon Zheghova.
Although the money could be saved and used to tempt long-term target Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in the summer, when the former Lazio ace’s contract with Al-Hilal expired.
The problem with offloading out-of-form Koopmeiners, who appears to be unwanted by the Turin titans and the Netherlands team, is that his valuation has plummeted. Three goals from 28 Serie A games last season lacks the wow factor.
Increase Koopmeiners' value
The sensible solution is to send him out on loan in January, with the prospect of him finding his feet and picking up his form before returning to Turin as a higher valued commodity.
He will be eager to get regular minutes elsewhere, in a bid to attract the attention of Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals.
When Koopmeiners returns from loan, Juventus are unlikely to recoup the money they splashed out but it is better than subjecting him to a bit-part with the Italian giants.