He cost Juve 70 million and they're FURIOUS: "He can't even control the ball"
One of the Bianconeri's most expensive players ever is going through a bad patch and they aren't happy
Things are on fire at Juventus. Like other giants in Europe, the Bianconeri had a lousy start to the 2022-23 season. After eight official matches across all competitions, they have barely won two Serie A clashes, where they find themselves the eighth place. In the Champions League, they lost the two they played and they are last in Group H, behind PSG and Benfica. There's plenty blame to share, starting with the coach Massimiliano Allegri, who could be fired. However, the players are not safe, and there is one who takes the brunt of the criticism.
It's none other than Dusan Vlahovic. The big Serbian striker, who arrived in a controversy in January 2022 for the sum of 70 million euros from Fiorentina, is starting to be heavily criticized: "Vlahovic is paid 7.5 million after taxes per season and he can't control the ball correctly, he does not give a good pass, he stays offside and sometimes it's his own fault" accused Italian newspaper Tuttosport, a portal specialized in Juve and their traditional rivals Torino.
Dusan Vlahovic hasn't been on his best form recently
The worst thing for Vlahovic is that the coach himself begins to lose faith in him. In the game against Salernitana, Juventus had a penalty at the last minutes but instead of Vlahovic taking it, defender Leonardo Bonucci did. When this was duly pointed out. Allegri explained that "Since it was an important penalty, Bonucci kicked it". Vlahovic has already scored four goals in seven games, two of them from free kicks, but the last one was against Spezia in the Italian league on August 31.
"We disconnect from the game very often, either due to a mental or physical exhaustion" explained captain Bonucci about the poor results. Another important Italian newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport, argued in favour of Vlahovic: "They took penalties from him, they give him few balls and he has few chances to shoot". Allegri is another target of critics as the defeat against Benfica showed internal issues in the squad. Argetine forward Angel Di Maria was subbed off after 70 minutes and he did not like it. "Di María is still not in shape, I had to strengthen the midfield and Arek seemed more tired than Vlahovic" explained the coach.
The situation isn't good for Massimiliano Allegri at Juve
In Italy there is already talk of firing Allegri, but this won't come easy or cheap. Juventus convinced Allegri to turn down Real Madrid to return to the Bianconeri, but things so far haven't gone much better than with Andrea Pirlo, the previous manager. In order to get rid of him, Juve would have to pay Allegri's entire contract, which is about 25.9 million euros for the current season plus the next two, 2023-24 and 2024-25. "I had signed with Madrid, then I called Florentino and told him no" Allegri declared some time ago. Maybe he regrets it now.
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