New Juventus coach Thiago Motta spoke to the media ahead of the team’s first friendly match against Nuremberg. He addressed various topics, including the current squad, potential transfers, and his expectations for the upcoming season:
“What’s the most beautiful thing? Everything. The structure we have, the commitment of the players, and for the moment the work is going very well and I’m happy.”
“Transfers? We are in constant dialogue to find the best solutions for our team. We do this every day.”
“A united group? Yes, absolutely yes. It’s a united group that has the ambition to do important things. To do this, we must start from the first day of work and it will always be like this day after day to achieve something.”
“The young players are very good. They arrived with great enthusiasm and raising the level of training. This is the important thing.”
“Vlahovic? There is no pressure, but only a beautiful responsibility. Dusan’s work, like that of all the others, cannot stop just at seeing the goals. There are many things to do in football, he knows it very well and he knows how to do it. He’s an important player for the team, but I also said it in the first conference I did: great talent always needs the team.”
“We are preparing very well for when the season will start and to face all the teams.”
“What did I say to the Brazilians and Yildiz? To rest and maintain their form, because when they arrive they will have to do like the others and give 100%.”
“Chiesa? He’s part of Juventus at this moment and then we’ll see…”
“Soule? Like all the others, he is training very, very well. Disappointed about his departure? Like all the others, he is training very well and is part of the group. At this moment I’m very happy with what I see in training.”
“Thuram? He too, like the others, is training well. He’s a guy who arrived after doing many training sessions with his national team. He arrived in shape and we are happy to have him.”
“Formations? No, honestly no. I want to have this thought match by match and whoever is better goes on the field, while the others will have to help for the next matches.”
“What do I expect against Nurnberg? Everything we have trained and done in these days. I’m sure these guys’ commitment won’t be lacking.”
“The training? We do the normal things of preparation and we are preparing very well.. We will make a good preparation to always give our best.”
“Koopmeiners and Todibo? I don’t talk about players who are not mine. I talk about mine, I work with mine and I’m happy like this.”
