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HOW JUVENTUS WILL LINEUP UNDER SARRI

The appointment of Maurizio Sarri by Juventus is arguably the biggest managerial move this summer perhaps second to that of Antonio Conte to Inter Milan. The Italian tactician would be entering the shoed left by Max Allegri at the club.

He also faces a similar job to that of last summer which is how does he change a club used to winning ugly into an attractive football team. From the evidence seen at Chelsea, he achieved little success with the famous Sarriball playing style.
However, at Juventus, he has better tools than at Chelsea and he should be able to implement his style of play to good effect at the club.

Here is how Sarri could line-up Juventus next season.
WojciechSczenczy should be the number one and he has no problems adapting to Sarriā€™s policy of playing out of the back. The Polish international has an excellent foundation from his days at Arsenal and is a reliable shostopper.

With the arrival of Sarri at Juventus, it is highly unlikely that the club would sell Joao Cancelo as the Portuguese defender is the sort of fightback that would thrive in Sarriball. Alex Sandro on the opposing flank is also a cast iron starter.

The center-back positions is pretty straight forward with Leonardo Bonucci playing a similar role to David Luiz at Chelsea with his outstanding long range passing skills. Chiellini is getting older and Rugani would be given more chances given his ability on the ball.

The midfield is where Sarri has a similar setting to that of his Napoli days. MialemPjanic is tailor-made for the regista role. Why new signing Aaron Ramsey would be expected to be the box to box protector on the right and Christian Bentancur on the left.

The attack could also see some changes with Cristiano Ronaldo likely to move to the false 9 position that Dries Mertens excelled in at Napoli. The Portuguese has struggled in this role at Real Madrid but Sarri would be able to utilize the forward's strengths to make this work.

Sarri loves wingers that can cut into their favoured foot. So we expect Dybala on the right wing in a more creative role just like Insigne did at Napoli. While Caudrado could be adapted to play as a wide forward just like Callejon did at Napoli.

Juventus could also make some signings that could fit into the style of the team.