Sorry i was talking about here on the forum. The level of criticism he gets here is unfair.
My bad, simple misunderstanding.
Stendardo.
It was better for all parties for Criscito to go somewhere else and get playing time, though, rather than stagnating on the Juve bench.
Didn't Stendardo arrive later?
And who was backup at the time for them?
Criscito was viewed as a CB at the time & possibly a last back up for LB.
His direct "rivals" for the CB spot were Andrade, Boumsong, Legro & Chiellini, with possible back ups like Grygera & Zebina. Even Birindelli was able to play in the middle, should that be necessary.
At LB there was Molinaro. Maybe he didn't have a "true" back up, but there were possibilities enough: Sali, Grygera, Zebina, Birindelli.
If you think that all these are worse options than Criscito was at the time, then I really don't know what to say.