Comolli moves to bring a reinforcement to the Juventus coach: the Dane is the favourite, but at the moment De Zerbi’s Marseille is blocking
Christmas is approaching and so is the opening of the January transfer window. The Lady is preparing for the winter shopping season with one thought in mind: treating herself to a reinforcement for the Champions League race. A shot to raise the level of Luciano Spalletti’s team aiming for fourth place. The consultations at Continassa have begun and the priority remains the midfield. Better if a director capable of increasing the quality and leadership of Juventus. All reasons that push CEO Damien Comolli to concentrate his attention in France and precisely in Marseille. Both the Juventus managers and Luciano Spalletti have a soft spot for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, the team man of Italian Roberto De Zerbi’s OM. The 30-year-old Dane, who grew up in Pep Guardiola’s Bayern and was also coached by Antonio Conte at Tottenham, is appreciated for his charisma, international experience and ability to improve those who play alongside him. Safe investment already tested in different contexts. The Bianconeri cannot do anything crazy in January, but in the coming weeks Comolli will still try to make an attempt for Hojbjerg, at the top of the list of midfielders. The former Bayern and Tottenham player is considered the perfect element for the current 3-4-2-1 and also for the transition to 4-2-3-1. An extra man to increase both the quality and the solutions in the middle of the pitch since Teun Koopmeiners has been reborn by moving into defense and the wildcard Weston McKennie is used by Spalletti more as a winger or raiding attacking midfielder. A reinforcement is needed and the Lady’s focus is Hojbjerg, already treated on several occasions when he played in England.
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Relations between Marseille and Juventus are good, in the summer OM president Pablo Longoria and sporting director Medhi Benatia – both former Juventus players – completed the Timothy Weah deal with Comolli. The Bianconeri had also made a survey for Hojbjerg in July and the idea was to plan a swap with Weah. Marseille, on specific instructions from De Zerbi, nipped the discussions in the bud. Juventus insists, but for the moment the French continue to block. Hojbjerg – 20 appearances, 2 goals and one assist this season – is considered a key man in achieving qualification for the next Champions League. Comolli cannot do anything crazy, but in the transfer market they are convinced that the Juventus CEO has one of the few cards capable of tempting De Zerbi, a great admirer of Manuel Locatelli, the protégé of the seasons at Sassuolo.
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At Continassa they start from Hojbjerg, but they are aware of the difficulties. If Marseille doesn’t change their mind, Comolli will raise his antennas on possible opportunities. Translated: a discontent looking for space and minutes in the months leading up to the American World Cup, as Inter player Davide Frattesi could be. Comolli looks at the present and the midfield with one eye and with the other thinks about the future and the 20-year-old Marco Palestra of Cagliari (owned by Atalanta), a lateral he followed already in July.
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