Miralem Pjanic warns Matthijs de Ligt and Álvaro Morata. The Besiktas midfielder advises his former Juventus team-mates not to leave “a place where you feel good”. Both players have long been linked with a departure from Turin, but according to Pjanic, the pair would do well to stay at Juventus.
De Ligt would not be unwilling to leave Juventus. However, Pjanic believes that the defender would do well to stay at Juventus. “He is happy at Juventus,” said his former teammate in an interview with Tuttosport. “And if you’re happy, you’d better stay there.” Raiola recently said at Studio Football that De Ligt is ‘ready to take a step next summer’. “And he thinks so too,” the agent added.
Maurizio Arrivabene, the director of Juventus, indirectly sneered at the Dutch defender, announcing ‘that players have to do their job’. La Vecchia Signora However, due to the club’s financial problems, he seems to be open to a departure of the center defender. De Ligt still has a contract until mid-2024 in Turin. De Ligt is also still linked with a move to Barcelona and so is his teammate Morata. ASH reported on Monday that a switch from the striker to the Camp Nou is 95 percent complete.
Pjanic also advises the Spain international to make an informed decision. “Morata will know what to do,” says Pjanic. “The only advice I would give to anyone is to think twice before leaving a place where you are happy, even if they offer you more elsewhere.” The Bosnian midfielder himself made the move from Juventus to Barcelona in September 2020, but this was not an undivided success. Pjanic never managed to become an undisputed basic player under then coach Ronald Koeman and left for Besiktas on a rental basis last summer.
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