Belotti and the market: Juric spurs the Bull. The championship is not over yet, but now is the time to draw the lines for next season. Because if the grenades can already read the final judgment on the report card even if the championship is not yet over, the difficult thing for the Cairo club begins now: to raise the bar of ambitions. And in the construction of the new house the coach hopes there will still be the heaviest brick. A signature away. “For me now the Rooster and the club have to sit down at a table and agree: it’s very simple if they intend to do it – Juric’s words -, things have changed compared to the beginning of the season when there were problems management for many players ».
The Croatian has never hidden his sympathy for the striker, but today his words sound even heavier. «Belotti has returned from a couple of difficult seasons, but he can still give a lot on a footballing level», says Juric who hopes to find number 9 at the beginning of the next climb. That of the truth a bit for everyone. “Is it time for the turning point? I don’t know – the coach’s caution -, so far we have mostly exploited the human material that in the past has made little, but if you are ambitious you need to do much more. The situation today remains complex ».
Toro is at a crossroads, caught between the last obligations of the championship and the need to plan the transfer market. The next steps will depend on how many loans the club will be able to redeem: in the package there are mainly Praet, Brekalo and Pjaca. Juric points the way to further growth. «First of all you must not lose what you have and then bring strong players – he says -, we have returned from a spectacular year given where we started, now it’s up to the club to decide which path they want to take. Young people? Now we have them, but they are not enough: if you want to be ambitious you have to do a certain type of market, get the right people. And what a good Verdi with Salernitana ».
Tomorrow, in the meantime, there is Napoli arriving at the Grande Torino to compete for the remaining scudetto hopes and it seems like a return to last year when on the last day Juric’s Verona faced Gattuso’s team who were playing for a place in the Champions League. «Now we finish the championship well – says the coach -, I want to continue on the wave of the last few times. There are 3 stages left, 15 days of work, it is right not to give up until the end, even if the opponents are particularly tough. We will face them one by one, the idea is to play good matches ».
The energy will also come from the day at Superga in which the Bull found the embrace of the people. «He was beautiful and very emotional, especially when Belotti read the names on the tombstone – remembers Juric-. I’ve seen so many families, I’ve seen what Taurus means to fans. There is a feeling of great unity and also ambition for the future ». In goal confirmed Berisha, Bremer returns in defense and Mandragora in midfield. The only absent is the suspended Lukic.