The editorial team of TuttoJuve.com contacted the former sporting director of Lazio by telephone, Igli Tarefor a comment on the Juventus squad: “I’m a fan of Thuram, for me he can potentially become a very important player. I’m really appreciating the qualities of Conceição, who is decisive and always manages to show off. Another wonderful surprise Is it definitely Savona, since he has ample room for improvement? No, he is now an expert and a point of reference in the national team too, is he one of those players just mentioned. Juve has a very young attack and its players, including Vlahovic, can still grow a lot.”
Do you think the management can make a significant investment in January to replace the injured Bremer and Cabal?
“I don’t know the economic dynamics, but I believe that the management will try to seize any opportunities. In the January market it is difficult to find a worthy replacement, generally you don’t want to sell your valuable prices and only dizzying offers could get you change your mind. But Juve are good in these situations, maybe they could also find the loan of a player who hasn’t had much chance in an important club.”
In the period in which he worked at Lazio, we do not remember except Lichtsteiner of the big deals with Juventus. Have Keita and Milinkovic-Savic been very close over the years in wearing black and white?
“Yes, I confirm that Juve was strongly interested in Keita and Milinkovic-Savic. And if the two negotiations had been successful, they would certainly have found two very important players in the squad.”