He was on his way to becoming only the third player in Spanish history who has played for all three La Liga giants: Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid, but in the end, it won’t happen. Not at least until June. Alvaro Morata will stay in Juventus until his loan expires at the end of the season, and Xavi will have to look for another striker, or just be happy with Depay, Torres, and De Jong. Mourinho asking for another Arsenal player, Insigne going to CanadaUsually, we wait for some time until somebody (if anybody) denies or confirms the rumors about a certain player, but today, Juventus coach himself addressed the proposed Morata’s move to Barcelona and gave his final verdict about another of his players too. “Ramsey is on the way out of Juventus. I think that the squad will 99 percent remain what it is right now. Morata will not leave, he is a performance footballer. The problem with him is that he is given the wrong label. He is very important: I talked to him and I told him not to move from here. Case closed” said Masimiliano Allegri. The 29-year-old center-forward has scored seven goals with three assists in 23 competitive games for Juventus this term. This is his second loan from Atletico and Juventus so far paid 2.5 billion for these two years. (2.00) JUVENTUS (3.50) NAPOLI (4.10)The bigger problem for Allegri and many other managers in Italy is the Covid outbreak which could lead to the match being postponed. Round 20 is on schedule for January 6th and Juventus are playing a derby match with Napoli, who is crippled with Covid cases (six players plus coach Luciano Spalletti). Other games are at risk too, but so far, Serie A refused to postpone any of them. Verona has eight players infected and Spezia four, Udinese announced seven players have tested positive and they are meant to be facing Fiorentina. After three more COVID cases emerged in their team, Torino canceled their training session yesterday. They currently have five players with COVID and they are supposed to play against Atalanta tomorrow. To date, Lazio are the only club without a COVID case.
