Thiago Motta confirms without doubt that ‘the decision has been made’ for Juventus to sell Federico Chiesa, Tiago Djalo and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia. ‘We have been very clear with them.’
The trio was left out of the squad for this evening’s 2-2 friendly draw with Brest at the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara, where the goals were scored by Dusan Vlahovic and Danilo.
It had been reported that they were cut from the group because they are transfer-listed and the coach made the position perfectly clear.
“Chiesa is out for transfer reasons, the same as the others who were left behind, other than Fabio Miretti who is injured,” Thiago Motta told Sky Sport Italia.
“We have been very clear with them. They are talented, but must find other options where they will get more playing time. For Chiesa and the others, the decision has been made.”
Juventus pushing Chiesa out
While Tiago Djalo and Nicolussi Caviglia are likely to be sent out on loan to gain experience, Chiesa has a contract that will expire in June 2025, so he must be sold this summer to avoid the risk of losing him as a free agent.
Juve have as a result lowered the asking price to €20m, but there are still no clubs particularly interested in making that move stick.
Roma had tried, but when he hesitated, they opted to invest in his Juventus teammate Matias Soulé instead.
Liverpool, Napoli, Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle United have all been linked, but never made a formal proposal.
The 2-2 draw with Brest was another disappointing friendly after the 3-0 defeat to FC Nurnberg.
“We have to improve day by day to bring joy to the fans. It is important to prepare well and improve in the football that we want to see,” continued Thiago Motta.
“I saw some improvements from the first game, it’s a natural growth process. Douglas Luiz came on well, he arrived late in pre-season, but I am happy.”
Another poor performance & result.
It’s very clear you need more quality in attack especially the wider areas.
So it’s very obvious to keep Chiesa !
get rid of him he isan italian player bring in a nother foreign player thisis our specialty
He contacted Shinter and consequently no way back.
His performance has been way below expectations.
Shame on Motta for releasing 2 Italians.
Typical Seria A!
VERGOGNA!
He should lower he’s demands and extend his contract. It’s up to Ciesa if he wants to stay or not
Chiesa is the best attacking italian player now they are going to spend are around 60mill on some bench warmer who is foreign and crap
It’s natural that it takes time to change the teams identity from Allegris dinosaur football to Mottas attack and possession based philosophy. Changes don’t happen overnight and I expect a slow start for the team.
friendlies are needed not only to interista to polish his sterile possession, but also to allegriouts to polish their excuses, oh it’s only friendlies, oh it’s only first game, oh 150 millions of euro reinforcements is not enough for this team, oh it’s only first half of championship, oh it’s only first year, with “it’s all Allegri’s fault” sprinkled all over their whining)))
Chiesa’s attitude has not been very positive. Allegri made a striker out of him so he could have a better chance to score goals to improve his morale. If you look over Allegris tenure as coach you can say that he really never got any player he wanted. Motta comes in and changes the entire squad! Boy I really hope this works !