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Juventus manager Andrea Pirlo has announced to the world that he has his sights on the tenth successive league title and a Champions League final. The former star player was promoted from U-23 coach to the senior team manager following the sack of Maurizio Sarri.
Sarri lost the job for the way Juve ended their UCL cmapaign and the comments that followed thereafter. Pirlo is seen by many as one that lacks adequate prep for the role especially as he was U-23 boss for a week before the big leap.

Even Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane, who many point to as an example of what Pirlo can achieve, managed Real Madris Castilla for two years before he stepped up. While many expect Pirlo to utilize the huge resources available to the Bianconeri to win another Scudetti – a landmark one at that – the bone of contention for Juve, just like Paris St-Germain and Manchester City, is European success.

Juventus have announced on their social media accounts that defender Daniele Rugani and midfielder Blaise Matuidi have recovered from the coronavirus.
Rugani became one of the first high-profile footballers to test positive for the virus. He tested positive in early March. The following week, news broke that his teammate Matuidi had also contracted COVID19.

Cristiano’s decision to move to Juventus has opened the flood gates for Premier League players to move to Italy, according to Gianluca Di Marzio.

Ashley Young and Victor Moses are the latest players to be finalizing their move to the Serie A. Following a long list of players to have made similar transfers and a lot more to follow suite.

The beginning of November 2019 was a good one for Juventus when they played against Torino of Inter Milan and were able to hold onto their top spot. It was mainly due to the performance of Matthijs de Ligt. It was the first goal that he scored for this club and it helped to keep off rivals in the second position. Inter was able to lead briefly with the help of Romelu Lukaku who took the tally of his league to nine. He made a penalty shot in the 92nd minute that helped to secure three points for the team but Juve was able to retake the first position when De Ligt smashed home a goal in the game when only 20 minutes remained.

Out of favour Inter Milan star Mauro Icardi has issued an ultimatum to Juventus to hurry up with his bid else he moves to rivals AS Roma, as per reports in Italy.

With the arrival of former Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku being the final straw, Icardi is looking to join Serie A rivals as soon as possible. The 26-year old Argentine has told the league champs to sign him within a week or lose him to Roma.

Juventus are reportedly weighing up a bid for Real Madrid loanee James Rodriguez according to reports in Italy. Top Italian tabloid Calcio Mercato claims that Rodriguez could be on his way to Italy as the club looks to strengthen their midfield

Rodriguez is considered as one of the elite attacking midfielders of his generation and currently plays for Bayern Munich on loan from Real Madrid. The German side have an option to sign the player permanently but this looks unlikely.

The squad for the Italy U21s has been provided a new update that may or may not break the opportunities for players plying their trade in foreign countries.

Sebastian Cristoforo is one player who has been witnessed a setback by dropping back into the reserves. He has not been able to make much of an impact at Getafe, who have picked up results in the last few weeks. As a result, the 25-year-old has been able to get just 31 minutes under his belt since making the move in mid-January.

Serie A leaders Juventus, are hoping to snap up Manchester United defender Matteo Darmian, before tomorrow’s deadline. Juventus have held talks with Manchester United, but are only willing to discuss a loan deal. Manchester United are not making it easy for the Italian club to sign Darmian. The out of favour defender has been linked with a move back to Italy in recent transfer windows, with teams like Inter Milan and Juventus showing interest, but Juventus seems to be more keen on signing him. Juventus wants to take him on a loan deal, but Manchester United are holding out for a permanent deal.

Talks with Juve have stalled to the point that the Italian is expecting to remain at Old Trafford until the end of the season at least.Reports have it that they told Juventus to come back with a serious offer. However, a substantial deal could resurrect the move before transfer deadline. United will expect to recoup a large part of the £12.7m paid theyTorino for Darmian in 2015,which was the main reason he was given a 12-month extension on his contract, which gives Manutdtime to negotiate with interested parties in the summer.

Manchester United would need more luck to dump Manchester City when both sides clash at the Etihad on Sunday. Against Juventus in Turin, Man United were obviously lucky to get the win in the final minutes of the game. Against their City rivals, it would be much more difficult as Guardiola would have warned against relaxing in the final moments of the important clash.

Juventus were yet to lose any game in the Champions League so far. They were yet to concede any goal as a matter of fact ahead of hosting Cristiano Ronaldo’s former side. The Portuguese netted a brilliant volley to put his side ahead. Juve lost several chances to bury the game while United kept holding on. With few minutes left, United got two goals to claim a famous victory.

Roma legend Francesco Totti has stressed that he would not request AS Roma to retire the number 10 shirt. The 41-year-old called quits on professional football at the end of the 2016/17 campaign and this witnessed him complete a rare feat of having spent his entire playing career with a single club.

As a sign of loyalty, there have been calls for the number 10 shirt to be retired but Totti does not favour the idea, as it would break the dream of a future prospect.He said: “Why? Because he doesn’t want to squash a young kid’s childhood dream, a dream he himself had as a child. “I have always said no, they shouldn’t, but in the end it is a decision for the club to make. For the youngsters, for the kids, it is natural that they are all going to dream of wearing the number 10 shirt for Roma. I had that dream as well, and fortunately I got to live it. So, to take a child’s dream of doing it too, that would upset me.”