for January the goal is Malo Gusto

There is a boy who runs like the wind on the band and who was already talked about as a child, as predestined. His name then remains imprinted on all observers who go to view it because it is difficult to forget: it’s called Malo Gusto and it’s the latest high-quality product from Lione jewelry. Even the Juventus scouts remember him well and not only for his personal data or for his dangling hair when he snaps from one side of the field to the other: the right back born in 2003 (same age as Italian Golden Boy Fabio Mirettiso to speak) is one of the most interesting prospects of his generation and he is confirming himself at the highest level by playing a season as a protagonist and as a permanent starter for Lyon in Ligue 1.

Malo Gusto: role and characteristics

Malo Gusto has dual passports, French (he was born in France in Décines-Charpieu) and Portuguese (his country of origin), but at a youth level he chose the Transalpine national team with which he played the entire line from the Under 16 to the ‘Under 21 from under age. He arrived at the Lyon Academy at 16 and has since been diverted to the wingas he himself told in an interview: «At the beginning I had to make up for the absence of a team-mate who was injured in a higher category than mine, i.e. in the Under 17s. The coach put me at right back and I played well, so from then on the coach didn’t let me more changed». A lucky intuition for the club and also for the boy, who never made it from that right-back role and who has now ended up in the crosshairs of the main European clubs. Malo Gusto plays both from the full back of the 4-man defense and higher up, at the height of the midfielders, in a 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2 formation, and his young age combined with his technical qualities have made him a valuable piece of the market from which Lyon would not want to part and for which they ask between 15 and 20 million. A few months ago it was Maldini and Massara’s Milan, always attentive to the market for young talents in particular from France and the French championship, who evaluated the feasibility of the operation, but Juventus have also been following him for some time and now the time has come to sink the blow considering the black and white situation on the flanks.

The ideal profile but there is competition

In that lane Max Allegri, who for several weeks has turned decisively to 3-5-2, is squeezing Juan Cuadrado and doesn’t have many alternatives: Mattia De Sciglio would be, however, struggling with physical problems that hinder his continuity and performance and in any case it can also act on the left; Danilo is, in a further back position in a 4-man line, but the Brazilian is doing his best as a central defender of three. In short, the blanket is short and Malo Gusto would represent a fine fabric to lengthen it and make it even more comfortable. Sure, the list of competitors for the Franco-Portuguese from Lyon, contract expiring in 2024is particularly long and prestigious: we are following in his footsteps the tops of La Liga, Real and Barcelona and the big names of the Premier League, Chelsea and Manchester United, but Juve is there. And Malo Gusto, which is community and can also arrive in January (the Bianconeri do not have extra slots in winter) could fill the void on the right for the next few years.