Former Juventus star Mauro Camoranesi urges Juventus to keep Juan Cuadrado and Danilo, while Matthijs de Ligt ‘might be more suited to the Premier League than Serie A.’
The Argentina-born Italian-adopted player was part of the World Cup winning squad in 2006 and after retirement went into management.
He is currently in Turin and spoke to Il Bianconero about the current state of his old club.
“In the last four years, certain objectives have changed, they had three coaches in three seasons, with very different ideas and players with very different characteristics,” said Camoranesi.
“There seemed to be a project at least in place a couple of years ago, then Maurizio Sarri was brought in with players not suited to his ideas. He won the Scudetto, but that’s only because all the other teams were struggling badly.”
How can Juventus and Max Allegri catch up to Milan and Inter now?
“A coach can only do so much. You need good players, Allegri is right when he says that.”
There are reports the Bianconeri are going to whittle down their squad with the departure of more big names after Paulo Dybala’s exit.
These include versatile wing-back Cuadrado, Danilo and centre-back De Ligt.
“Cuadrado has always been my favourite, he really turns on the entertainment value, and I really like Danilo,” added Camoranesi.
“De Ligt is an extraordinary player with an enormous future ahead of him. It’s true, he makes mistakes, but what defender doesn’t?
“I see him better suited to the Premier League than Serie A, a competition where there are more individual duels than in Italy.”
Dutch defender De Ligt has indeed been linked with the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, while Barcelona are short on funds to make such a big investment at this moment in time.