Juventus have been linked with nearly every other striker out there in the transfer market, from the like of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Llorente-c13671.
Juventus were indeed the worthy winners of the Serie A Championships last years, but if there was one weakness of the class of 2011-12 was the fact that they did not have a proven out and out striker. Their highest goal scorer for the term was their striker
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alessandro-Matri-c4733 with 10 goals to his name in the Serie A from his 30 appearances.
Even though the striker is relatively young, at the age of 27 years old, and there might be room for improvement in the player; the club cannot afford to have another lacklustre season in front of goal. None of the strikers at Juve’s disposal are prolific
goal scorers.
This can be seen from last year’s stats in the Serie A of their strikers. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mirko-Vucinic-c26024 scored eight goals from 30 goals.
The nearest rival in the goal scoring front to Alessandro Matri was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Claudio-Marchisio-c9312 who pitched in with 9 goals in the Serie A and the fact that he is a midfielder at the club makes it a great return for him, but puts the return of the strikers too shabby
in reflection. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arturo-Vidal-c6760 and Andrea Pirlo chipped in with a decent number of goals as well.
Even though the fact that the goals came from different areas of the field brought along with it a greater threat to the opposition; there was a period when Juventus started drawing a lot of matches and were in need of a prolific goal scorer to break the
rut for them.
When Juventus won the Scudetto, there was a fear that the euphoria of winning the Championship might mislead them and they would overlook the striker crisis that they had during the season.
Much to the relief of the Bianconeri fans, Beppe Marotta vowed to bring in a world class striker at the club. Since then there have been many players linked with the club, and in the article to follow we would discuss the rumours and probability of those
rumours turning true.
Robin Van Persie:
The Dutch international had been linked with a plethora of clubs and there was heavy speculation linking the striker with a move to the Turin outfit. Juventus were ready to launch a mega offer for the player, with a great salary package.
However, the player recently completed his move to Manchester United, effectively ending any chances of Juventus capturing the star.
Edinson Cavani:
The Uruguayan international was in hot form for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 and is the main propeller behind the great success that the Vesuviani has been having over the past few years. He scored more than 30 goals in all competition for the Neapolitan outfit, which was a major
reason behind interest in him from Juventus.
Juve put in a few big money bids for the acquisition of the striker. After strong interest from Juve, Aurelio De Laurentiis slapped a 100 million Euros price tag on the player.
Fernando Llorente:
The Athletic Bilbao striker has escalated rumours of a possible departure from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 after his refusal to sign an extension to his contract. He is in the last year of his contract and it seems likely that he would be departing from the club in this transfer
window. The other Spanish clubs cannot afford to buy him, so his next destination might end up being Juventus.
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