Juve transfer market, hunting for 9: Suárez’s favorite, Giroud’s check

One, none, and a hundred thousand. Juventus forwards, in a game of mirrors, disappear and reappear. Until yesterday there was a pure number 9 in pink, only one: Gonzalo Higuaín, the man born in France, who exploded in Spain, became a record man in Italy, an international winner in England. The most European of Argentines. Pipita took a plane and went to Miami, where in reality he is not bad: contract with the city team called Inter, however, with him and Matuidi, it seems Juve. Yes, but who remains at the center of the attack? Nobody, in fact.

THREE TIPS

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In the last two days, Juventus has had its first real pre-Sampdoria training sessions: the team that we will see in the first of the league, in eight days, is taking shape and, at least in part, will be seen tomorrow morning in the friendly against Novara. Real center forward, none. Higuaín is elsewhere and Dybala continues to work to recover from the injury that even took away the last Juve-Lyon team in the Champions League. You could miss the first days of the championship. So we are in experimentalism. Andrea Pirlo against Novara and Sampdoria will coach a particular team, inevitably without references. Two main hypotheses. The first, the classic trident with Cristiano Ronaldo or Kulusevski in the center. It would be vaguely mocking. Cristiano never wanted to play in the middle, he did it in the Italian Cup after the running of the bulls but then he said no with his head: he doesn’t like it. Dejan, instead, has the characteristics of a universal -forward, attacking midfielder, in the future perhaps a total midfielder like De Bruyne- but no one expects him as a false 9. It would be an alternative way to start the season: not twenty years to be inserted cautiously but indispensable forward.

TWO TIPS

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The other path leads to a two-headed attack … and in that case, it’s easy to imagine the combination: Kulusevski plus Ronaldo, opponents in Sweden-Portugal, teammates in Italy. The first Juve would become a powerful team, without references but unpredictable. For lovers of niche talent, however, pay attention to Marko Pjaca. Summoned by Milan and Juve in another life, now a footballer so limited by injuries that he was forgotten for months. Except for surprises, he will not be in the Juve squad but he played in the first game with the Under 23 and he will be seen again tomorrow morning. Curious to see him again to understand how he is.

CASTING 9

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A forgotten striker, no number 9, one hundred thousand ideas about the center forward for next season. Yesterday, Edin Dzeko’s pulse quickened, who during the day put a significant like on a photo of Leonardo Bonucci’s Instagram profile. His will, if it is not clear, is to remove some color: he only wants black and white. However, the situation remains that of the last few days: an expensive operation, also complicated by Roma’s need to find a new center forward. That is why Juventus players to understand must look … in Naples, at the evolution of Milik’s situation.

SUAREZ AND THE EXAM

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Luis Suárez watches everything from Barcelona, ​​perhaps with a book in hand. Suárez must pass the Italian exam to obtain citizenship. Text comprehension tests, production of simple written texts, listening to some short passages in Italian, dialogue with the interlocutor. For technicians: level B1. For the layman: a test that is not too complex but not too simple. The indiscretion about the University for Foreigners of Perugia took place yesterday: in Perugia there is talk of an extraordinary appeal for Thursday the 17th. A press agency even set the time for the exam: 10 in the morning. however, none. The pass, regardless of the city, will be essential. If Suárez passes the exam, he and Juve could focus on the Barcelona deal and turn around. Federico Cherubini, Juve’s right-hand man, a key man for the Juve market, responded yesterday in Milan to a question from CM.it: “Are we optimistic about Suárez? There is always hope.”

ALTERNATIVE

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Instead, other attackers don’t seem accessible. Too dear Edinson Cavani, at least for current requests. The operation was very complex for Álvaro Morata, who is currently at Atlético de Madrid. The certainty is Moise Kean, who may arrive not as “first forward” but as an alternative to attack: Moise certainly expects it. The last yellow is the hypothesis Olivier Giroud, Chelsea Frenchman, who yesterday Telefoot laughed: “I was so surprised to receive messages about myself at Juve. I’m fine here and I’m still focused on Chelsea. Always positive to receive ‘Attention from a club like Juve, but there is nothing signed. ”At least in this, zero doubts.