Former Juventus star Miralem Pjanic believes Alvaro Morata and Matthijs de Ligt should think twice before leaving Juventus but reckons that ‘sometimes players need new motivations.’
Pjanic left Juventus to join Barcelona in a swap deal with Arthur in the summer of 2020.
However, he struggled with playing time under Ronald Koeman in his first season at the Nou Camp and moved to Besiktas on loan last summer.
His former teammates Morata and De Ligt could follow in his footsteps and move to Barcelona in the future.
Morata is in talks with the Catalans and is pushing to leave Juve in January, knowing that the Bianconeri won’t make his move permanent in June.
De Ligt is a long time target of Barcelona and his agent Mino Raiola has recently suggested that the Dutchman could be on his way out of the Allianz Stadium at the end of the season.
What would Pjanic suggest to his ex-teammates?
“Morata has had an amazing career so far. He played for big clubs like Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Juventus. Sometimes players need motivation, but I would think twice before leaving a club where I feel well,” the Bosnia international said.
“Morata knows what to do, Barcelona hired Xavi, a coach who knows the club really well, I don’t know the details, but I’ve always heard that Morata was happy at Juventus even if when Barcelona call you always need to think about it.
“De Ligt has three years left in his contract with Juventus, he has the right commitment, but I don’t know if Barcelona are interested,” Pjanic continued.
“He made a great choice by deciding to join Juventus and work with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini, he is happy at Juventus and when you are happy, it’s better not to leave. We’ll see if he will have the motivation to leave.”
Pjanic would be leader at barca now, when little dwarf is gone there will be much easier to adapt and have keybroles for such players like morata or de ligt