Giuntoli: ‘Juventus tested Kolo Muani-Vlahovic together, no Kean regrets’ | OneFootball

Juventus director Cristiano Giuntoli believes we could see Randal Kolo Muani and Dusan Vlahovic together, but there are ‘no regrets’ at losing Moise Kean to Fiorentina.

The trip to Como kicks off at the Stadio Sinigaglia at 19.45 GMT.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

This has been a complicated campaign for the Bianconeri, who are still searching for an identity under Thiago Motta, a situation that was shaken up further with big January signings like Kolo Muani, Renato Veiga and on deadline day Lloyd Kelly.

The injury list remains extensive, ruling out Andrea Cambiaso, Pierre Kalulu, Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal and Arkadiusz Milik.

Giuntoli sees new Juventus era

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“We are all together, the club, coach and players. These have been difficult months when short-staffed, but now we can reboot, we completed the squad in the transfer window and that was not easy, but we did it,” Giuntoli told Sky Sport Italia.

If their Serie A form has been poor, then in the Champions League it was even worse, making Tuesday’s play-off against PSV Eindhoven all the more important.

“At this moment, we have to take it one game at a time and find consistency in our results, which has been lacking thus far. Therefore, every match becomes fundamental.”

In a very rare sign of consistency, this is the same starting XI for two games in a row and that means Vlahovic on the bench as Kolo Muani leads the attack.

Giuntoli was asked if Thiago Motta has tried the two strikers together in training and if we’ll see this pairing in future.

“He tested them together in training and also part time in a match situation already. They have the characteristics to be paired with each other and with different players too, so the coach will choose on a game by game basis on what is opportune.”

Moise Kean bagged a brace in last night’s 3-0 Fiorentina victory over Inter, so do Juve have any regrets at letting their youth product go?

“In all honesty, we have no regrets, we have a great group of strikers. We are Juventus and do not think about any other clubs, that is for sure,” shrugged Giuntoli.