The news can only have made Locatelli happy: Saudi Arabia’s offer is indispensable, and the midfielder is ready to say goodbye.
The draw obtained by the Bianconeri against Roma was just the umpteenth confirmation that this is a season to forget for Juventus. And the bitterness for the Juventus fans is even greater if you consider that this is actually the case championship had started in the best way for the Old Lady.
The Bianconeri’s first round, with 46 points obtained, had been simply perfect, and in fact Allegri’s team had been the only one to manage to keep pace with Inter, and prevent the Nerazzurri from starting a solo escape towards the title of Italian Champions.
A dream, however, which dissolved already in the middle of January, because starting from the bad defeat against Inter, much bigger than the result indicated, Juventus has entered a spiral of negative results which led the team to maintain a mid-table average in points, even putting the qualification for the next Champions League at risk.
On the other hand, John Elkann himself spoke about this season as of a “zero year” for the Old Lady, and that starting from next year, the real refoundation of the club will begin, entrusted to Cristiano Giuntoli, chosen by the new owners who took office after the farewell of Andrea Agnelli, to rebuild the club’s sports area from the foundations.
Juventus, Cristiano Giuntoli’s real challenge
It now seems obvious that this revolution will begin with the farewell of Massimiliano Allegri, with the sports journalist Fabrizio Romano who recently confirmed how the choice to exempt him has already been taken by the company.
But the real challenge for Giuntoli will be on the market, because the Juventus squad is no longer sustainable, both due to the high salaries which now weigh too heavily on the club’s coffers, and due to an average age of the team that is too high for the new sports project that you want to undertake.
Does Locatelli remain at Juventus?
There will definitely be some great sacrificed in summer, and at the moment the most likely departures seem to be those of Vlahovic and Bremer, two players who have a large market in the Premier League. Their sale will allow Giuntoli to have important funds available to acquire great young prospects. It was also thought that Locatelli could be sold in the summer, given his two very negative years with the Bianconeri.
Also because Juventus had long ago identified his replacement in Thomas Partey of Arsenal. But now everything has changed, because Partey now seems destined for Saudi Arabia. And given that Giuntoli at that price doesn’t seem to have found any real alternatives to the Italian midfielder, now the most likely path isand is that Locatelli remains in black and whiteand take his chances with the new coach who will sit on the club’s bench.
