Juventus dreams of him, Antonio Conte thinks about it. And behind the scenes the names of his loyalists are popping up to bring him home
Juve, che idea: per convincere Conte prendono il suo pupillo (Foto: Ansa) – serieanews.com
There is one thing Juventus knows how to do very well: wait for the right moment. Standing still while all around you everyone is running, talking, fidgeting. And then, when you least expect it, sink the blow. The one you don’t forget.
Here, for the past few weeks there has been an air of exactly those moments around Continassa. Of those in which everything seems calm, all suspended, and instead under the surface simmers a project that could change Juve’s recent history.
Because yes, the present is in Igor Tudor’s hands, with a Champions qualification to defend with teeth. But the future-the future has a definite dream. A name, a surname, and even a certain temper: Antonio Conte.
For many Juve fans it is a wound that has never really healed. For others, he is simply “the one” to get a team that for too long has seemed to wander without a true identity back on its feet.
Conte today is the wonder man in Naples, a man who is playing for the Scudetto with Inter and who has turned a challenged group into a battle machine. But, paradoxically, that is precisely where a window has opened for Juve.
Yes, because relations between Conte and De Laurentiis are not exactly idyllic. Different visions, promises made and (according to Conte) not kept or only partially kept. And then there is that typically Conte-like feeling of having perhaps already given his all. Of having already squeezed everything out. And should the Scudetto then really come, this feeling would perhaps be definitive.
Juve, sogno Conte: Adeyemi o Garnacho per convincerlo a tornare
Juve knows this. And it is moving. It’s not enough to tell him “go home.” Conte is a demanding guy. He wants guarantees, real projects, people willing to follow him to the last inch of the field. So here’s where Juventus would be preparing a small gift to convince him. Or rather, a couple of gifts.
Juve, sogno Conte: Adeyemi o Garnacho per convincerlo a tornare (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
The first name bouncing around from the market rooms is that of Karim Adeyemi, a Borussia Dortmund striker, one with the perfect characteristics for Conte’s soccer: speed, tears, sacrifice. It is no coincidence that he had been singled out in January as a possible reinforcement in Naples after Kvaratskhelia’s farewell. Nothing was done about it, but the idea remained there, suspended.
And then there is another bullet, an old dream: Alejandro Garnacho. Half of Europe likes the Manchester United talent, but Conte had him in his sights already in the repair market. Again, usual script: Napoli tries, Manchester walls up, long face of the coach. Small rifts that, over time, become cracks.
In the end, as always, everything will depend on him. On Antonio Conte, a man used to choosing his own destiny without looking anyone in the face. Stay in Naples to try to write a long history, or return to Turin to try to rewrite History, the one with a capital S?
Certainly Juventus is doing its part. It is preparing the ground, it is choosing the right names, it is speaking the language Conte wants to hear.
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