According to most media outlets and sources close to the club, Juventus officials have some quite ambitious plans to strengthen the squad in the summer. The priorities are finding Alessandro Del Piero's successor well in advance, replacing Pavel Nedved (who recently announced that he will retire at the end of this season), signing a creative midfielder and adding one more centre-forward to the squad (especially if David Trezeguet will leave).
The main targets are :
- Sampdoria's forward Antonio Cassano. The creative 27 year old is considered by Juve's officials to be Del Piero's successor. Cassano is worth 20 million Euros and Juventus officials are determined to sign him.
- Several highly rated left wingers are being tracked by Juventus GM Alessio Secco to replace Nedved. They are : Valencia's David Silva, Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, Chelsea's Florent Malouda, Napoli's Marek Hamsik and Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing. The most realistic options among these are Malouda and Hamsik, although the Frenchman has underperformed for almost two years and the Slovakian lacks international experience.
- In the creative midfielder position, Juventus are monitoring Werder Bremen's Diego, Chelsea's Deco and SV Hamburg's Piotr Trochowski. The arrival of one of them would lead to a change in tactics (from the current 4-4-2 to 4-3-1-2). Diego is Juve's favourite option, but Werder officials want at least 20 million Euros, the amount already required for Cassano. Juventus officials must decide whether to seriously invest in Diego or not.
- To cover Trezeguet's probable departure, Juve's next centre-forward could become either Atalanta's Sergio Floccari or Udinese's Fabio Quagliarella.
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The main targets are :
- Sampdoria's forward Antonio Cassano. The creative 27 year old is considered by Juve's officials to be Del Piero's successor. Cassano is worth 20 million Euros and Juventus officials are determined to sign him.
- Several highly rated left wingers are being tracked by Juventus GM Alessio Secco to replace Nedved. They are : Valencia's David Silva, Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, Chelsea's Florent Malouda, Napoli's Marek Hamsik and Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing. The most realistic options among these are Malouda and Hamsik, although the Frenchman has underperformed for almost two years and the Slovakian lacks international experience.
- In the creative midfielder position, Juventus are monitoring Werder Bremen's Diego, Chelsea's Deco and SV Hamburg's Piotr Trochowski. The arrival of one of them would lead to a change in tactics (from the current 4-4-2 to 4-3-1-2). Diego is Juve's favourite option, but Werder officials want at least 20 million Euros, the amount already required for Cassano. Juventus officials must decide whether to seriously invest in Diego or not.
- To cover Trezeguet's probable departure, Juve's next centre-forward could become either Atalanta's Sergio Floccari or Udinese's Fabio Quagliarella.
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