they should be leaning on them regardless, at least when it comes to squad players. No reason to be paying backups 5M or whatever when you’ve got as good of a youth sector as Juve do right now.
Yes and no.
Some young players I would argue unless they show amazing abilities will be better served getting regular playing time. For example, is Barrenechea talent-wise better than getting some 30 year old bum? Yes, I would say probably he is just as serviceable as a 5th or 6th CM. Same for Ricci. Do I think he could be equal in talent compared to some bum 5th or 6th CB? Yes, I would say it is probable.
BUT
Is that the right call forf Barrenechea or Ricci to ask them to simply train with the squad and expect less than 1 start a month and substitution minutes irregularly? Is that what's best for their development if we truly want them to become effective players? I would argue no. I want them to be somewhere starting 30-40 matches near the bottom of Serie A clawing and fighting against relegation and getting all of the pressure and experience that comes with that.
I think some players we should lean on but we cannot hope to lean on a lot of them at once or else we stunt THEIR development.
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We're seeing the development side of Juventus start to produce some real talents and prospects and I'd hate to see that light at the end of the tunnel and let it blind us into stunting the development of young players by selfishly keeping too many to fill out the backend of our squad and thus deprive them of NEEDED development time and minutes.
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