Juventus in chaos: injuries, blocked market and doubts about Thiago Motta. What lies ahead until the end of the session?
Juventus, mercato nel limbo: tre questioni in sospeso che bloccano Giuntoli (Foto: Ansa / LaPresse) – serieanews.com
There is a fine line between soccer played and soccer made up of negotiations, strategies and last-minute hits. When everything works, it seems like a perfect mechanism: the team turns, the market is a matter of details, and decisions are made with lucidity.
But when you get into chaos, everything becomes more complicated. And today, looking at Juventus, the feeling is just that: a tangle of problems on the field that is also reflected off the field. We have identified three underlying problems at the club that inevitably affect both what happens on the field and what happens off the field.
Lazzaretto Juve: Thiago Motta alle prese con un’ecatombe
Let’s start with the first big node: injuries. Every week is a war bulletin, and the impression is that we never get to see Juve full. The last one was Kalulu in the Champions League, and suffice it to say that in the last game the full-backs were Weah and McKennie, who do an entirely different job. This creates a surreal situation: reinforcements are sought, but without a real strategy, more to plug yet another absence than to build something solid.
Taking a player in January should be a considered choice, useful for the future. But if the only goal is to plug holes that might not be there in a month’s time, then something doesn’t add up. Not to mention that in certain roles Juve already has so many performers. Spend now and then end up with a redundancy in July? A real risk.
La variabile economica: comprare o vendere?
Then there is the question of available funds. Here the scenario changes depending on one key detail: disposals. If offers arrive for players like Cambiaso or Vlahovic, then we can talk about a market with investment possibilities. Without exits, on the other hand, operations become complicated, with the risk of being stuck until the last days, when the market goes crazy and prices spike.
The problem is that real offers may not come until the end. If you sell a starter on February 2, then you have a few hours to find a replacement. And history shows that in these cases you end up taking players at random, more to fill a box than for real tactical utility.
Thiago Motta: leader o ostacolo?
But the real question mark, the one that makes everything more complicated, concerns technical management. When a team believes blindly in its coach, the market makes sense: you look for the right profiles for his game, you build a long-term project.
And here comes the question: does Juve really believe in Thiago Motta?
Thiago Motta: leader o ostacolo per la Juve? (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
For months he was the man of the future, the technician to bet on to open a new cycle. But something, along the way, has cracked. The game is unconvincing, the choices are often questionable, and the feeling is that even within the company someone is beginning to have doubts.
And then everything becomes more complicated. Because buying a player chosen by the coach only makes sense if you are sure that coach will stay. If, on the other hand, there is even a doubt that he might jump in June, then you risk ending up with useless purchases that are incompatible with the next technical project.
The market is about to enter its hottest phase, but the feeling is that Juventus is at a dead end. Buy in emergency or wait? Sell to make cash or try to hold out? And above all: bet again on Thiago Motta or start looking around?
Questions that, for now, have no answers. But time is running out, and each passing day risks making decisions even more complicated.
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