I know I am going to surprise many people here, but I expect there will be a massive shakeup of the team teregardless of how this group do this year CL and Serie A.
Of course my prediction is merely a conjecture without solid base on insider info. but my "gut" feeling says that this year deals will be coming...
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So why do I think there will be a massive shakeup rather than just mere adjustment on the team.
1) Uncertainty of Lippi's future. With imminent departure of Trap after Euro 2004, Lippi will be leading contender for the post. Even if he doesnt become the Azzurri boss, there have been no indications that he will re-sign the contract, and it seems he will leave when the contract expires. We all know what happened last time we were in similar situations. I think Moogi is smart enough man to realize this. I expect Lippi to leave this summer.
Deschamp would make a good coach to me and he should handle the pressure well and he is relative more experienced than Del Neri at this level of soccer. He also understands the culture of the team. Not to mention his contract should not be too big compared to big-name coaches like Cuper and Capello and we all know Moggi likes value for money.
2) Aging stars. It is known fact that we have aging team so it may seem I am merely stating an obvious. However, the fact that there are many top stars that is aging, Del Piero, Nedved, Thuram, all at the same time means that opportunity cost of not selling players will be huge. Even more so, considering that we can use this money to invest on young budding talents. Nedved, I believe, has a contract which expires in 2006 and will probably star for Czech in Euro 2004, so it will be good time to get good money for him. Thuram is part of an aging defence and with Trabelsi, younger and more attacking version of Thuram, desperate to come here, Thuram should not be indispensible.
3) Trezeguet's contract: Juve made mistake with Davids, and I doubt they'll make same mistake with Trez. Not to mention the fact that Trez is nowhere near the player Davids is. Juve, I believe, will almost certainly sell Trez unless a) no any decent offer comes in 2) Trez accepts contract on Juve terms. Right now, there seems to be plenty of interests and Trez isnt likely to accept Juve's offer.
4) Davids loan: I think there is a "gentleman's agreement" between Barca and Juve, if Barca pull out of race to sign Tiago. After all, there was no significant reason for Juve to loan him out based on the fact a) we are giving up money which we could have got by selling him to other teams i.e. Inter, b) Moggi if he was pissed off, as reportedly, could have far more damage to Davids by sucking him on the bench. There must have been some reason for Juve to choose Barca as a destination for Davids.
5) Weak and aging defence: Do I need to add more?.
So as shocked as I to write this, I think Juve will be very active in the transfer market and I expect the team to make big deals or at least signings which will makes us 1) younger 2) better. While Moggi is not always known for big signings with 2001-2002 being exception, there is no better GM in the world that evaluates the teams needs better and spotting young talents like him. Moggi will be aware of all the issues I have suggested since Moggi is capable CEO, and I expect him to do wheel&deel this summer since there isn't really internal solution. So keep on dreaming for Mexes, Ferraris, Tevez, Cavenaghis...
Of course my prediction is merely a conjecture without solid base on insider info. but my "gut" feeling says that this year deals will be coming...
.So why do I think there will be a massive shakeup rather than just mere adjustment on the team.
1) Uncertainty of Lippi's future. With imminent departure of Trap after Euro 2004, Lippi will be leading contender for the post. Even if he doesnt become the Azzurri boss, there have been no indications that he will re-sign the contract, and it seems he will leave when the contract expires. We all know what happened last time we were in similar situations. I think Moogi is smart enough man to realize this. I expect Lippi to leave this summer.
Deschamp would make a good coach to me and he should handle the pressure well and he is relative more experienced than Del Neri at this level of soccer. He also understands the culture of the team. Not to mention his contract should not be too big compared to big-name coaches like Cuper and Capello and we all know Moggi likes value for money.
2) Aging stars. It is known fact that we have aging team so it may seem I am merely stating an obvious. However, the fact that there are many top stars that is aging, Del Piero, Nedved, Thuram, all at the same time means that opportunity cost of not selling players will be huge. Even more so, considering that we can use this money to invest on young budding talents. Nedved, I believe, has a contract which expires in 2006 and will probably star for Czech in Euro 2004, so it will be good time to get good money for him. Thuram is part of an aging defence and with Trabelsi, younger and more attacking version of Thuram, desperate to come here, Thuram should not be indispensible.
3) Trezeguet's contract: Juve made mistake with Davids, and I doubt they'll make same mistake with Trez. Not to mention the fact that Trez is nowhere near the player Davids is. Juve, I believe, will almost certainly sell Trez unless a) no any decent offer comes in 2) Trez accepts contract on Juve terms. Right now, there seems to be plenty of interests and Trez isnt likely to accept Juve's offer.
4) Davids loan: I think there is a "gentleman's agreement" between Barca and Juve, if Barca pull out of race to sign Tiago. After all, there was no significant reason for Juve to loan him out based on the fact a) we are giving up money which we could have got by selling him to other teams i.e. Inter, b) Moggi if he was pissed off, as reportedly, could have far more damage to Davids by sucking him on the bench. There must have been some reason for Juve to choose Barca as a destination for Davids.
5) Weak and aging defence: Do I need to add more?
.So as shocked as I to write this, I think Juve will be very active in the transfer market and I expect the team to make big deals or at least signings which will makes us 1) younger 2) better. While Moggi is not always known for big signings with 2001-2002 being exception, there is no better GM in the world that evaluates the teams needs better and spotting young talents like him. Moggi will be aware of all the issues I have suggested since Moggi is capable CEO, and I expect him to do wheel&deel this summer since there isn't really internal solution. So keep on dreaming for Mexes, Ferraris, Tevez, Cavenaghis...
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otherwise, I think one season all of a sudden Juve is going to go way down in quality
