Danilo left out of Juventus squad: he wants Napoli

Danilo does not leave for Arabia in the Super Cup. And it goes outside the pink, waiting for developments from the market. It’s not a bolt from the blue and it could just be the beginning of a tug of war between Juve and its outgoing captain, who is about to become an ex. The communication, cold and direct, arrived on the sidelines of the match with Fiorentina: the Brazilian has been in contact with Napoli for a few weeks, but Continassa has not yet given the green light to the transfer because the conditions necessary to leave him are not yet in place go.

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The Brazilian’s contract expires in June, Juve aims to save his salary but would also like to monetize the transfer to a minimum. In the meantime, however, it was decided not to keep him in the group until his departure: it has been clear for a few weeks now that Danilo has been placed on the sidelines of the project, so much so that McKennie has recently been deployed in the left-back role. In short, Thiago Motta ruled him out despite being in full emergency following the injuries to Bremer and Cabal.

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Could there have been a better ending? Probably yes. But it now seems clear that there is a clear discrepancy between what has been said publicly in the last period and what has been done: by all the souls involved in the affair. Quite simply, in fact, Motta has never considered Danilo central in his project and the player – from what emerges – looked around to leave mid-season: that of Napoli, among other things, is not the only hypothesis that you can evaluate. The club finds itself leaving the group captain out of the squad for the second time in a year and a half. In the summer of 2023 the same fate had befallen Bonucci, but on that occasion the player had been informed before his return to Turin to begin athletic training. This time, however, everything happens in the middle of the season: with the market approaching but not yet the decisive key for the player’s transfer.