Four midfielders for two starting positions. The football of Thiago Motta it’s anything but mathematics, but the Italian-Brazilian coach has quite clear ideas and wants to model his first Juventus on the velvet of a 4-2-3-1. The vision has already been widely shared with Cristiano Giuntoli and has produced the imminent arrival of a world-class profile like the Brazilian Douglas Luiz. Is one. The two and the three, barring sudden surprises from the market, will be internal solutions for which the sacred fire of the desire for revenge burns: Manuel Locatelli he has just returned from a technical cycle in which he has never shown himself to be at ease, Nicolò Fagioli seven months in the pits for naivety committed outside the pitch.
Juve transfer market, the situation in midfield
And the fourth? The armchair is still warm for Adrien Rabiot, who at the moment only got up to respond to France’s call for the ongoing European Championships, but the feeling is that at Continassa the hypothesis of another new face is starting to be seriously taken into consideration. The developments of the last few days make the profile of Weston McKennie with a confirmation in black and white: his position, in the tactical dogma that the former coach of Bologna “of miracles” is ready to impose on black and white Turin, was already wavering, plus his attitude in the Douglas Luiz operation with Aston Villa irritated the company leaders quite a bit. And so, apart from a few winks from the MLS at home, we will wait for the conclusion of the America’s Cup, in which he is participating with the United States together with his friend Weah, to find a solution that satisfies all parties. But neither Rabiot’s second renewal in two years is a given, as he is struggling in Germany with Les Bleus and meanwhile has a niche on the extension front, trusting that his performances at Euro 2024 will convince some of the big European players to take the plunge. Madame Véronique, the transalpine’s mother-agent, in order to remain in the shadow of the Mole, would like to extract something more than the proposal of a two-year contract, with an option for the third year, worth 7.5 million per season, be it a salary higher or a signing bonus.
