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An injury can completely change a season for a player and for a club. That’s absolutely what happened during Juventus’ game against Roma last Sunday (catch all the Serie A action on Paramount+). A collision with Chris Smalling that at first didn’t seem to worry too much, ended Federico Chiesa’s season. Chiesa tried to play on for a few more minutes and unfortunately, those extra minutes cost him the whole season. It turns out he suffered an ACL injury that will end his year with Juventus and will also force him to miss the World Cup playoff in March Italy.
That’s bad news for both Juventus and Roberto Mancini, who will now have to try to qualify for the World Cup later this year in Qatar without his best player, one who shined last summer at the Euros. While the Italy manager must come up with an internal solution, Juventus can also solve the problem with the transfer market. Here are three ways in which the Bianconeri can do it.
Transfer market implications
Let’s start with the transfer market, the most loved solution by the fans. The January transfer window is never easy. The first issue is that the spending power of clubs is usually limited compared to the summer. Secondly, replacing a crucial player like Chiesa is close to impossible. In January, clubs are looking for opportunities, surprise acquisitions, smaller moves that might present themselves. Replacing Chiesa would probably involve buying a star. Instead, the first move then that Juventus have made in the transfer market is to make sure a player doesn’t go anywhere. Dejan Kulusevski is not leaving the club, despite the requests and interests of many Premier League sides. Chiesa’s injury makes him much more important in Turin.
Even though Chiesa might be a winger, Juventus have been focusing their interest this month on a striker and that’s not likely to change. But it’s possible that more attacking production from a different…
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