Striker or defender? Giuntoli reveals major Juventus goal in January –

Resulting from their present harm woes, Juventus will resort to the market in January, and the membership’s soccer director Cristiano Giuntoli revealed which place is taken into account the last word precedence.

Followers and observers have been calling for the membership to behave in mid-season by bolstering two positions specifically: The assault and the protection.

Final summer time, the Bianconeri parted methods with Moise Kean who’s at the moment flourishing in Florence. Then again, Arkadiusz Milik was stored as a backup for Dusan Vlahovic. Nonetheless, the Pole has been battling a knee drawback since June. Whereas he was initially anticipated to return in October, the ache continued, so he had no alternative however to go beneath the knife.

Due to this fact, Vlahovic has been Thiago Motta’s solely out there striker, forcing him to begin each single match to this point this season.

As for the protection, Gleison Bremer’s season-ending ACL harm was a large blow for the membership. Motta’s backline hasn’t been the identical afterwards, with Danilo significantly struggling for type.

Though Juventus earned a clear sheet yesterday towards Udinese, Giuntoli nonetheless intends on bolstering the protection as he revealed forward of the competition.

The previous Napoli sporting director argues the squad accommodates gamers who can substitute Vlahovic when required

“Our market goal? A central defender, greater than a striker,” stated the 52-year-old in his pre-match interview with DAZN through IlBianconero.

“Vlahovic’s backup? Now we have the potential of taking part in others, like Nico Gonzalez who’s out now. Yildiz too. Milik may also give a hand when he returns.”

Giuntoli was additionally requested about Paris Saint-Germain wantaway defender Milan Skriniar who’s being closely linked with a transfer to Turin, however he insisted it’s a untimely subject.

“It’s untimely to speak about it now. In the intervening time, we don’t make any strikes because it’s nonetheless early. We’re ready and seeing what is going to occur.”