Days go by, the list shortens. Cristiano Giuntoli is currently engaged in searching for the perfect fit to deck out Todibo and Koopmeiners in black and white, but he is not losing sight of the page in his agenda where the names of strikers are noted. In a couple of weeks it will be time for official commitments; after all, this is not the moment to delay. Up front, there is also the need to compensate for the recent departure of Soulé, who said goodbye to Juventus on social media yesterday afternoon. To bolster the department, to increase its quality. And perhaps, to raise the bar of the team’s international experience in the making.
A move for the Champions
The plans of Thiago Motta involve a rather young team, fresh in muscles and ideas. However, except for captain Danilo, they are also short on international appearances. A detail that, in the long run, risks turning into a gap. Especially when the stakes will rise or there is a need to manage a difficult moment during the season. Alex Sandro and Rabiot have left on a free transfer, Szczesny will not join his teammates as he waits for a new destination: the veterans are no longer there, the break from the past is clear. But the consequence is that very few have heard the tune of the Champions League: Di Gregorio and Cambiaso, Douglas Luiz and Yildiz, for example, are still without experience. And even those who have heard it haven’t had time to learn it: Bremer has 3 caps and Thuram counts 2, while the most present behind the top-seed Danilo is Vlahovic with… just 7. Moreover, the scenario would not change with the arrival of imminent signings: Koopmeiners has played just 5 Champions games, and Todibo only 1. For this reason, Giuntoli is looking for a profile that has European competition as its habitat and not an unfamiliar context. A profile like Karim Adeyemi or Wenderson Galeno.
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