Guglielmo Stendardo (6 Viewers)
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Stendardo’s Juve delight
Monday 28 January, 2008
Guglielmo Stendardo has spoken of his pride at joining Juventus on loan from Lazio for the remainder of the campaign.
The Biancocelesti man fell out with Coach Delio Rossi earlier in the campaign and has been frozen out in the Eternal City.
Juventus were looking to strengthen their back line and need to replace Jean-Alain Boumsong - who has been sent out on loan to Lyon – ahead of the arrival of Swedish international Olof Mellberg in July.
“I’m happy to have this opportunity and I think this will also make my relatives happy,” Stendardo grinned after completing his move.
“To play for a club like this - one of the most glorious in the world - is a cause for pride. Over the next five months I will do my best to give the team a hand.”
Stendardo is likely to make his debut in the Coppa Italia against Inter on Wednesday evening.
“It will be an important game against one of the best sides in Europe,” he declared.
“I am at the Coach’s disposal. We spoke on the telephone and I thanked him for this chance.
“Here I already know some of my new teammates such as Raffaele Palladino, Emanuele Belardi, Mario Marchionni and Cristian Molinaro.
“I have chosen the No 25 shirt. I have almost always worn No 2, but in Salerno I wore No 5, so I combined the two.”
Stendardo is almost certain to return to Lazio once his loan period expires in the summer as the Aquile have set a £6.5m price tag for a permanent switch.
Monday 28 January, 2008
Guglielmo Stendardo has spoken of his pride at joining Juventus on loan from Lazio for the remainder of the campaign.
The Biancocelesti man fell out with Coach Delio Rossi earlier in the campaign and has been frozen out in the Eternal City.
Juventus were looking to strengthen their back line and need to replace Jean-Alain Boumsong - who has been sent out on loan to Lyon – ahead of the arrival of Swedish international Olof Mellberg in July.
“I’m happy to have this opportunity and I think this will also make my relatives happy,” Stendardo grinned after completing his move.
“To play for a club like this - one of the most glorious in the world - is a cause for pride. Over the next five months I will do my best to give the team a hand.”
Stendardo is likely to make his debut in the Coppa Italia against Inter on Wednesday evening.
“It will be an important game against one of the best sides in Europe,” he declared.
“I am at the Coach’s disposal. We spoke on the telephone and I thanked him for this chance.
“Here I already know some of my new teammates such as Raffaele Palladino, Emanuele Belardi, Mario Marchionni and Cristian Molinaro.
“I have chosen the No 25 shirt. I have almost always worn No 2, but in Salerno I wore No 5, so I combined the two.”
Stendardo is almost certain to return to Lazio once his loan period expires in the summer as the Aquile have set a £6.5m price tag for a permanent switch.
Stendardo is an okay player, maybe a little above the average for a Serie A defender. What I do like about him is that he never gets outmuscled and rarely is beaten in the air, the latter aspect of defending being something we have lacked over the years. So those attributes of Stendardo will certainly come in handy. But as far as his marking and tackling skills, I'm not so sure. Hopefully he will turn out to be a good addition and not make too many mistakes back there.
If he does indeed perform for us, we will have a strong and fearless (hopefully) centerback pair in Chiellini and Stendardo until Andrade is ready to play again.
If he does indeed perform for us, we will have a strong and fearless (hopefully) centerback pair in Chiellini and Stendardo until Andrade is ready to play again.
Does this mean Molinaro will move to the bench once Chiellini is healed? 
