Lost in the World Cup headlines this week was the comment from Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti that 22-year-old striker Alvaro Morata will be sold this summer. “The player wants to look for an opportunity where he can play more and the club agrees with this,” Ancelotti said. “If he leaves it would be good […]
Juventus
Jurgen Klinessman is not the only national team coach making head scratching squad decisions for this summer’s World Cup. Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has opted for Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne over Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi. Rossi missed four months of the season between January and May after suffering another right-knee injury, but despite scoring two […]
The ongoing contract squabbles between Serie A champions Juventus and their manager Antonio Conte have been put on hold for a while after Conte committed to returning to Juve next season, despite is contract being up in a years time. I don’t understand why Juventus are not signing up, arguably the third best young manager […]
According to reports in the Standard and Daily Mail, Manchester United have had a sensational bid for Juventus pair Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal turned down. David Moyes watched Juventus play on Sunday and United officials met with Juventus’s chief transfer negotiator after the game about a double move for Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal. Pogba is currently valued at a whopping […]
Serie A returned this weekend with first place Juventus hosting second place Roma and the defending champions struck what could prove to be a fatal blow in the race for the Scudetto. Their clash with unbeaten Roma resulted in three goals and two red cards, with the strikes going to Juve and the dismissals to […]
I continue to see reports in the French press that Paris Saint-Germain desperately want Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba. PSG have been heavily linked with the young French star for months now, and L’Equipe believes that Juve’s exit from the Champions League will put added pressure on them to sell the former Manchester United player. According […]
Any worries that fans had after Juventus’s poor preseason were erased today as Juve thumped Lazio 4-0 to win the Italian Super Cup. Lazio were playing on home soil but they were comprehensively beaten by the Serie A champions. It represented Juve’s second straight Super Cup triumph and sixth in total, equalling AC Milan’s record. […]
You have to admire the work that Antonio Conte and Juventus have done this summer. Despite winning the Scudetto comfortably the last two seasons, Conte knew that if Juventus was to get back to its former glory, it had to be more competitive in the Champion League. And to do that, they needed to improve […]