“Yesterday Thiago Motta was made official as the new coach of Juventus. And the first thing Thiago Motta did that day was call Di Lorenzo.”
This juicy background was revealed by the director of Sportitalia Michele Criscitiello, during SportitaliaMercato.
“It was 7.30-8.00pm – the details told by the journalist -. Thiago Motta asked Giuntoli to give him the number of Di Lorenzo, who is currently busy with the national team. The Juventus coach wanted to have an initial contact with the Napoli defender. He couldn’t do it before because he hadn’t yet been made official as Juventus coach. Motta reiterated to Di Lorenzo what the club’s will is, which is to take Di Lorenzo and rebuild Juventus also starting from his role, which is particular. Why does Conte want Di Lorenzo at Napoli? Because if he wants to play as a three, he can play as a wingman, if he wants to play as a four, he can play as a full back, if he wants to play as a five, he can play as fifth in midfield, so Conte is an intelligent person and not just a great coach, he wants everything, except to lose Di Lorenzo. On the other hand, Thiago Motta, an intelligent person and a great coach, has understood that someone like this, with these characteristics, is difficult to find. And then there was the phone call. Thiago Motta was very direct: he asked Di Lorenzo for availability and asked him if what he read was true. Di Lorenzo confirmed his firm desire to move to Turin. Obviously he said: ‘It’s not just up to me, I have a contract with Napoli. I know that my agent is working to make this happen.’ Thiago Motta explained to him how he intends for him to play in his new Juventus and Di Lorenzo gave maximum, total openness and availability to Thiago Motta for a transfer to Juventus. Di Lorenzo’s will is clear, his agent’s will is clear, but we are always faced with a player who has a contract with Napoli, who however has clearly let the club know that he wants to leave”, the words of Criscitiello, summarized by Tuttojuve.com.
