Giorgio Chiellini He is one of the best center-backs of the last decade, being the leader of the rear in the Italian team in the different successes he has achieved and leading the Juventus of Turin in his time of dominance in Serie A. But, like everything in life, his stage is close to ending with a contract that ends in the summer of 2023 and will put an end to his stage in the European elite.
The defender, who has just won the European Championship with Italy as captain and star, has declared in an interview with Swiss TV RSI who should be his substitute at Juventus in Turin in the long term and a name to follow for the board, that he has to look for new center-backs because Bonucci is also in his last bars in the elite. We are talking about Manuel Akanji.
Chiellini’s successor
“Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund) has always intrigued me, he still has something more to give on an individual level and in my opinion he is reaching the right age for consecration, but he has to take that last leap of quality to be one of the best world centrals “, said the Italian center-back about the player, who comes from having very good seasons in the Bundesliga and being an important part of his country’s team, which has just reached the quarterfinals of the European Championship.
Akanji ends his contract with Dortmund in the summer of 2023 and becomes a market opportunity at the end of the current season. Juventus Turin need centrals to renew their position and not have long-term problems with that area of the field. At this time they have the following defenders on staff:
-Matthijs de Ligt (22 years old)
-Leonardo Bonucci (34 years old)
-Daniele Rugani (27 years old)
-Giorgio Chiellini (37 years old)
-Merih Demiral (on loan at Sassuolo).
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