Luciano Spalletti’s ideas are clear. After just over fifty days, he now knows well who he can count on and who not to try to take Juve as high as possible. And he also understood what it would take to at least partially make a leap in quality that could allow the Bianconeri to achieve their goals. In the Juventus coach’s wish list, in order of importance, there are a director, a striker and a winger, waiting to understand how the defense emergency will evolve. Letter received from CEO Damien Comolli, who despite the time of year is not in a position to wear the role of Santa Claus: by choice and by force, the Juventus club has no intention of experiencing a market characterized by large expenses. Of course, because the limits of Financial Fair Play require a moderate January. By choice, because Comolli’s desire remains to enhance those who are already there: especially in attack, without Vlahovic David and Openda remain the men that Juve chose in the summer.
The character
Juve’s new force is the insatiable Spalletti
Nicola Balice
But something is needed. And having to choose, it is in midfield that the coach expects an effort, in the hope of being able to welcome a director who knows how to play at a high pace and raise the level of a department that cannot depend on Thuram and Locatelli alone, even considering Koopmeiners’ return to the midfield. The used equipment coming out of Saudi Arabia is not too convincing due to high costs and prolonged low rhythms – both Kessié and Brozovic have been evaluated in any case -, the attempts for the large calibers will in any case be postponed until the summer. We are therefore looking for an opportunity that can get everyone to agree, Hojbjerg’s profile responds to the identikit: Spalletti likes him, he has international experience, he is ready. But De Zerbi’s Marseille is making a stand for now. So on the data market there are several young profiles that Comolli and his men are evaluating: eyes on Bernabé of Parma, Toth of Ferencvaros, Mendoza of Elche and Morton of Lyon. However, contacts are being made on another front, the one that leads to Timber from Feyenoord: 24 years old, contract expiring, a long line of suitors, the idea of anticipating a move is taking shape. Without forgetting the Frattesi intrigue: he wants to leave Inter, he has already winked at the Bianconeri in the past, but a complicated loan would be needed.
the analysis
Juve-Roma: when the performance is worth more than the result
Antonio Barillà
The farewell of the very rejected Joao Mario is possible (Crystal Palace idea), a shot in the midfield would fill that hole considering McKennie to all intents and purposes a winger. Meanwhile, the American is pushing for the renewal: «I like Juve, Turin is my home. My agents can handle it, but I would like to stay for many more years…”.
