Juventus have six players lined up for potential summer moves
News in Italy is that a list of players has been put together for serious evaluation, with their futures at the Turin club in doubt.
Juventus are having a complicated season. After enjoying an overwhelming dominance for almost a decade in Italy, there is a fight on for the scudetto title, with Inter Milan and Lazio looking to push them all the way. And the recent loss had star player Cristiano Ronaldo enraged.
Juve's summer fire sale
The club are sensing a downturn in performance and there is word coming out of Italy that The Old Lady has put together a list of players that could leave Turin if their performances do not improve by the end of the season. Targets are already being identified.
Andrea Agnelli, club president, has decided to take the reins as we enter the business end of the campaign, and has held meetings with the sports management team as well as with some of the heavyweights of the squad, including manager Maurizio Sarri, to get a feel of the situation first hand.
Agnelli attended the training camps at Vinovo in order to collect the required information allowing him, along with directors Fabio Paratici and Pavel Nedved, to compile a list of players who will be closely monitored over the coming weeks and months. Reportedly on that list are Miralem Pjanic, Blaise Matuidi, Federico Bernardeschi, Douglas Costa, Alex Sandro and Gonzalo Higuaín.
These six players, and the squad in general, have been reminded of the importance of the team needing to maintain the high standards that they've become accustomed to in Turin. Their first test comes on Thursday evening at the San Siro where they will face Milan in the first leg of the Italian Coppa semi-final.