Coach Massimiliano Allegri says Juventus will only sign players “who can improve us” in January.
The Bianconeri are competing in Serie A, the Champions League and the Coppa Italia, but the tactician doesn’t believe the club will be active on the transfer market.
“In terms of the transfer market, we’re on the 5th of January,” Allegri noted in his Press conference ahead of the Verona match.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri says Juventus will only sign players “who can improve us” in January.
The Bianconeri are competing in Serie A, the Champions League and the Coppa Italia, but the tactician doesn’t believe the club will be active on the transfer market.
“In terms of the transfer market, we’re on the 5th of January,” Allegri noted in his Press conference ahead of the Verona match.
“We’ve already discussed things with the club, we talked about strategy and evaluations. Don’t ask me for names, surnames, types of players because I won’t speak about that.
“What I will say is that in a squad which is already competitive, we can only include players who will improve us. That’s it. Full stop.
“Apart from all that, I’m not the driving force behind it, because I don’t deal with the transfer market.
“That said, that January transfer window is long, because when the window is open there’s always instability.
“Fortunately we have a very competitive squad, which only a select few players could improve. I won’t talk any more about the transfer market, because we have a game tomorrow and I think that’s the most important thing.
“Let’s not forget that two months ago we were in 12th place, and everyone said it was all over.
“That’s the first thing we have to make clear, the second is – and the last three minutes against Carpi come to mind here – we have to make fewer mistakes, so we don’t throw away wins.
“In fact, I’ll tell you, Carpi’s last minute chance: I watched it with the lads the other day, and I was scared to look because I thought they’d score!
“You have to take the positives out of a negative, because we had three ugly minutes and I hope it’ll be a lesson for the future.
“As for the fact of us being in the Scudetto race, there are still 21 games to go, so there are 63 points available, which is a lot.
“We’ve put in a great effort, but now the hardest thing is to continue it because, as I’ve always said, going from 12th-place to fifth-place is difficult, but it’s certainly easier than going from fifth-place to first.
“Then the margin for error is so much smaller, and we have to be good in terms of that.”
Simone Zaza has been linked with a move away from Turin this month, but Allegri thinks the Italian international would be better off staying.
“First of all, Zaza has grown a lot and is doing well at Juventus. I don’t understand why he’d leave, and why there’s this chatter.
“He’s a player with great quality, who has improved a lot and is important for us. It’s right that he stays with us.
“As I always say, in a big team you need a pool of top strikers, top midfielders, and top defenders. So we can’t think about two top strikers and two who are on a lesser level.
“The levels must be balanced, and we have four strikers with great quality, who are good together and are fighting for places, to play games or part of games.
“But that’s part of the package at a great club.”