Following on from the previous post, I have to admit the only part of the Juventus squad that worries me (and does seem to lack in depth), is the centre of defence. Last season we had a host of defenders including recent departures Olof Mellberg and Dario Kneverplayedamatchovic. Having sold Mellberg and returned Dario, that leaves us with a central defence of Fabio Cannavaro, Giorgio Chiellini, Lorenzo Ariaudo and Nicola Legrottaglie.
With the big deals done, Juventus look set to back off from the transfer market and start planning their 2009/10 scudetto campaign. The club have spent almost £45 million and all of that had gone on just 2 players – Brazilian fantasista Diego and his fellow countryman, Felipe Melo. Now I can’t argue with the spending or the players we’ve bought, but surely there are at least 3 important areas the management have overlooked ?
The deal is almost done – Melo has undergone his medical and should be putting pen to paper later today. He seems to have the right attitude about playing for the club; ” We can win everything, including the Champions League” he said earlier today.
At £21 million, Melo was far from a bargain and thanks to his performances at the Confederations Cup, he was certain to be snapped up by either Arsenal, Real Madrid or Juventus – Luckily enough, the player wanted to come to Turin and seemed set on joining fellow Brazilians Diego and Amauri.
