He started 10 out of our first 13 games in Serie A and proceeded to lose the pecking order battle to both Benatia and Barzagli, as Allegri put it, he needs to take that last step up in quality. in the patch that followed he started 3 out of 13 Serie A games, which got people worrying that he might take his football elsewhere. Especially considering that we are reportedly going to extend Barzagli for one more season. Next season will be his 4th one here and he's almost in the same spot he was when he started at Juve
People worried about him going elsewhere because that's what people on Tuz do. His minutes have been going up every season.
He played 1490 minutes in season 1.
He played 1560 minutes in season 2. (missed the last month with knee injury)
He has played 1415 minutes this year. 2.5 months left in the season. He's likely to play close to 2000 minutes this season barring injury. He's our 3rd choice CB now when we play a 4 man backline, as Barza plays mostly RB now, or in back 3.
He's definitely shown improvement, and is earning more minutes because of this. he's going nowhere. Of course as a 21-23 year old at one of the biggest clubs in the world, with some of the best CBs in the game, he's going to have to fight for minutes. He seems perfectly willing to do so, and shall continue to see his minutes go up if he continues to play well.