Danilo has been put aside by Thiago Motta so far, and the possibility of a January departure from Juventus is gaining steam. He is under contract with the Old Lady until 2025 but with an automatic option. It would be triggered if he starred in half of the matches this season, Corriere della Sera reports (via Mediaset).
The new coach has preferred fielding the more energetic Nicolò Savona and Pierre Kalulu as a right-back. He has played just 38 minutes in 2 appearances. The former Bologna gaffer suggested he was open to fielding the former Manchester City and Real Madrid star in a pair of spots and primarily as a defensive-minded fullback as he still does routinely for Brazil.
Danilo is formally the Juventus captain but has had limited chances to wear the armband so far. Gatti and Gleison Bremer did it in the first few matches.
The 33-year-old moved to Turin in 2019 in a partial swap with Joao Cancelo with Manchester City. He has starred in 199 matches in the black-and-white colors, recording 9 goals and 13 assists.
Our Take on Juventus and Danilo
He pays the price from the switch from a four to a three-man line as he’s pure ‘braccetto’ at this point. On the other hand, deploying him constantly as a fullback was always a stretch given his athletic limitations. Motta has been content with being sturdy and not proactive in the middle, as he’d be their best ball-handler, so he’ll have to wait until that changes. In the end, they might simply be accompanying him at the door as they have done with Alex Sandro and Wojciech Szczesny as they are no longer want to pay substantial wages to aging players.
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