With Dybala out, who will Chiellini give the armband to? Leadership and strength make the Dutchman the perfect candidate for fans, but he could walk away if the right offer arrives. And then the criterion of seniority …
The first time that Matthijs de Ligt found the captain’s armband in the first team on his arm he had just turned eighteen. It was the twenty-seventh day of the Eredivisie, Ajax were playing at home against Heerenveen (they won 4-1) and the choice fell on the big boy who in the youth sector had burned all the possible stages for technical and human qualities. Both the first and the second have now conquered the Juventus people, who are applying them strongly for the post Chiellini.