The Italian champions paid FC Porto 26 million Euros for the services of dynamic Brazilian full back. Many of the Europe’s heavyweights, prominent among them Manchester City and Real Madrid, had Alex Sandro in their viewfinder for some time. What he brings He is a tenacious defender who combines well with his teammates when
So it’s goodbye to Juan Cuadrado, the one who promised so much for Chelsea but produced so little and whose time was so short. Signed in January to Jose Mourinho’s excitement over his versatility and pace, which the player owed to suspected witchcraft, the winger has already been cast aside at Stamford Bridge, sent to
Following the news that midfielder Sami Khedira could be out for up to two months with a thigh injury, there have been reports in Italy that the Serie A title-holders will make an audacious move for Barcelona’s Javier Mascherano. While the interest remains unconfirmed, it has been suggested that the Catalan club may listen to
Bayern Munich’s chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummennigge wasn’t at the launch of his club’s new kit to hear the jeers from a number of supporters, but he did say he expected it. “I don’t know if they were booing Bayern Munich or just the transfer itself” he told Bild, referring to the exit of Bastian Schweinsteiger
The proposed move of Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba to Spanish giants Barcelona looks set to be the on-off transfer saga of the summer. After confirming that he was a “leading target” only three weeks ago, Barca President Josep Bartomeu has now claimed that the player will not be joining the club - at least for
Juventus completed the signing of experienced Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic last month from Atletico Madrid. The striker signed a four-year contract with the club, according to most reports - Juve agreed to pay Atletico a fee of worth around €18m. This looks like a brilliant coup for last year’s Champions League finalists. Mario has scored
Serie A Writer spoke to a Juventus supporter who travelled to Berlin in pursuit of watching his side clinch the treble, read his story below. As soon as the final whistle blew in Juve’s 3-2 aggregate win over Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final, I immediately booked a flight to Berlin. It was my
What do you expect from Juventus? I expect Juventus to focus on remaining compact and solid. It’s near impossible to match Barcelona man for man in Berlin on Saturday. We can’t make the same mistake as Bayern Munich did in the semi-final first leg, which they lost 3-0. Coach Massimiliano Allegri will field four at
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Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon At the age of 37, veteran Gianluigi Buffon has had one of the best seasons to date as Juventus challenge for the treble. The Juve legend has kept 18 clean sheets in Serie A conceding just 20 goals – the best in the league. The nearest challenger is Roma’s Morgan De Sanctis
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Juventus went mightily close to surrendering their chances of a possible treble, Lazio substitute Felipe Djordjevic beating goalkeeper Marco Storari early in extra-time with a rasping drive that cannoned off both posts and back out of the goalmouth. It would certainly have been contentious, Juventus’ own substitute Alessandro Matri having a goal cruelly disallowed for
When Patrice Evra arrived in Turin last summer from Manchester United for approximately £1.2m – at the age of 33, there were eyebrows raised from the Juventus supporters. He was labelled as just another ageing defender to drop out of the Premier League to play in the ‘comfortable’ Italian league. Patrice, along with Nemenja Vidic
The big team selection news prior to Juventus’ wonderful victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday was the inclusion of 22 year-old midfielder Stefano Sturaro. The young Italian impressed, as he put in a terrific defensive display - imposing himself against the likes of Toni Kroos and Sergio Ramos. So, who is
So all the four favourites made it through to semi-finals, but what can we make of what happened? On Tuesday night: - PSG showed the entire football world just how good, bad and limited their team is. Their first half at the Camp Nou was horrifying (entertaining if you are Barca fan), but in the
The second leg of the quarter-final is here, so what should we look forward to: Tuesday’s match-ups Barca will hope to finish off ‘Ibra-less’ PSG when the two teams collide in the Camp Nou. Now it’s true that Barca is not unbeatable and PSG does have the capability to bring down Enrique’s men, but let’s be
The folly of Florentino Perez’s association with Real Madrid is probably best summed up by his decision to overlook Claude Makelele’s defensive contribution to his team upon selling him to Chelsea for £16.8 million in 2003. ‘’We will not miss Makélelé” said the Madrid president about the midfielder who became hugely important to Chelsea’s consecutive
With the quarterfinals of Europe’s biggest club competition on the horizon, the good folks at Guarantee Tickets have created an excellent infographic below detailing the contenders and performances so far in the competition. Hope this round lives up to expectations, as always. Like O-Posts on Facebook You can also follow O-Posts on Twitter @OPosts
With the January transfer window atypically slow-moving, speculation was inevitably rife when Paul Pogba announced that he still “loves Manchester United” and that he “would never speak ill” of the club that let him go to Juventus for just £800,000 in compensation back in 2012. With United now tapping into their gigantic revenue streams in
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Formidable, dominant and classy: Three words that describe Juventus pretty accurately throughout their successful 115 year history. And now, after a tricky period of time at the club is now over after “The Calciopoli Scandal” hit the club hard, I will look to analyse what helped make Juventus great again. The Revival of Juventus With
So it’s finally over. Carlos Tevez’s tumultuous four years at Manchester City on astronomical wages is finished with. He is now the property of Italian champions Juventus, but is it the right move for Juventus and the right move for Mr. Tevez, who never really settled in England. Despite some, in fact many, flashes of
Juventus have set the pace in Serie A yet again. The Old Lady of Turin currently hold a 9 point lead over second placed Napoli and could see this increase if results go their way tonight. The Juventini will be looking to get back to winning ways after suffering elimination from the Champions League in
12 weeks into the Serie A campaign, we see the defending champions Juventus on top of the League table. We can also see that this season there will be 5 teams in for the fight: Juventus, Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina. Let’s start off with Juventus, the defending champions look like the team to beat