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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Manchester United Trying to Sign Mirko Vucinic
Reports in Italy suggest that Juventus are willing to sell Mirko Vucinic after adding two strikers to their roster this summer, and Manchester United might be the team to pick him up, allegedly already making an offer.
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Juventus FC – Thinking Small With Nicolas Anelka
How exactly is Nicolas Anelka a better player than Fabio Quagliarella or any other striker Juventus have on their squad? Anything might be better than Nicklas Bendtner, but it doesn’t mean that the veteran Frenchman is the answer to Juve losing their huge lead on top of the serie A, and his signing seems like a panic move without any real future to it.
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Juventus FC – Too Good for the Rest of the Serie A
It took only 19 minutes for Juventus to put away one of their alleged biggest rival to the title this season in Italy, eventually beating Roma 4-1 in another fantastic display at home, helping everyone (except a few folk at Napoli) reach the same conclusion – Juve are just too much for the Serie A this season.
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Juventus FC – Cost of Building the Current Squad
The big Italian clubs hardly base their squads on home grown talent, and Juventus are no different, spending just under €200 million to assemble the current group of players, some on co-ownership deals, with Gianluigi Buffon, arriving back in 2001, still the most expensive player on the team.
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Juventus FC – Undefeated Streak (42 Matches) Can’t be Stopped
The Italian champions aren’t the only team to begin the season in Italy with 3 wins. Napoli, Lazio, Sampdoria. But after beating Genoa 3-1, Juventus have now gone 42 matches without losing, a streak stretching back to the 2010-2011 season. All this without Antonio Conte, which might indicate how important (or not) it is to have him standing on the sidelines each match.
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2012 Italian Supercup Goes to the Champions (Juventus vs Napoli)
Juventus’ off the field problems involving Antonio Conte recieving a 10 month ban didn’t affect the Italian champions in the first match of the 2012-2013 season, beating Napoli 4-2 in the Supercoppa Italiana, winning the title for the first time since 2005 and starting 2012 on a very promising note.