Category: Seri-A Italy

With the coronavirus pandemic eating into their finances, Juventus will want to remove as many redundant people from their wage bill as they possibly can.

Maurizio Sarri didn’t agree with them over terminating his current deal and he has been placed on leave since.

While not managing any team, the former Chelsea boss has continued to earn his salary as normal.

However, Juventus might be free from that burden soon, with a recent report claiming that Sarri has held talks with a new team.

Corriere Fiorentino via Football Italia reports that the former Napoli manager met with executives from Fiorentina regarding their managerial position.

After losing Federico Chiesa to Juve at the start of the season, La Viola has been struggling despite having Franck Ribery in their squad.

They have fired Beppe Iachini and replaced him with Cesare Prandelli, but their results haven’t gotten better.

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Germany has given the world some of the best midfielders in history and the next big midfield star that could come out of the European nation is Florian Neuhaus.

He currently plies his trade with Borussia Monchengladbach, but it is only a matter of time before a top team signs him and Juventus wants to be that team.

A report in England via Calciomercato says the Bianconeri are one of several teams that want to sign him.

However, Juve is facing serious competition for his signature with English champions, Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and AS Monaco also looking to sign him.

He has caught the attention of his suitors by some of his fine performances for the Champions League campaigners.

They were in the same Champions League group with Inter Milan and Real Madrid, yet they reached the round of 16 where they will face Manchester City.

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Juventus have earned a 3-0 win over Crotone in what could have been a bigger scoreline, as they close the gap to five points between them and Inter Milan.

The match started rather evenly, Crotone were relatively solid in limiting space in the final third, and the Old Lady were not enjoying the opening 30 minutes.

In fact the counter-attack of the visitors was looking the most dangerous, but that tide took a turn.

The final 15 minutes of the opening half could have seen the home team go into the break with a four-goal cushion, but Ronaldo only managed to score the middle two of those chances.

The Portuguese’s first goal came from a perfectly weighted cross from Alex Sandro, and the second came from Cristiano Ronaldo’s powerful shot from range, which happened to be parried into the path of Aaron Ramsey, who then meets the in-running CR7 who … Read the rest

Juventus will face Crotone in their next league game with Andrea Pirlo as their manager and Nicolò Fagioli possibly starting.

They made Pirlo the manager of Juve in the summer and it seems that the Bianconeri beat Crotone to his appointment.

This is because Crotone sporting director Beppe Ursino recently revealed that he had the former midfielder lined up as their next manager after they were promoted to Serie A.

He claims that their current manager, Giovanni Stroppa, had several admirers because of his impressive work with them and he had lined up Pirlo as a replacement should any team poach Stroppa.

He also revealed that they wanted to sign Fagioli, but Juve preferred that he remain in Turin and continue his development at the club.

The young midfielder has since earned a first start for the Bianconeri and could play some part against I Pitagorici.

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Kylian Mbappé is only 22-years-old, and yet he has arguably become football’s most valuable player.

The Frenchman rose to the scene ever since he was a 16-year-old player at Monaco.

Paris Saint Germain were quick to take note, as they sealed the signing of the then-teenager for an incredible figure that reached 180 million euros.

Nonetheless, these numbers can be considered as a bargain at the moment.

The young striker guided France towards the World Cup trophy in 2018, and his immense abilities are rising with every season.

Last Tuesday, Mbappé picked apart the Barcelona defenses when he scored a hattrick in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

However, things could have turned out differently for the young man.

According to Tuttosport (via ilBianconero), Juventus made an approach to sign the Frenchman from Monaco back in 2016.

The source adds that the principality side asked … Read the rest