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<p>Juventus had a disappointing 2009/10 season, last summer they signed Diego and Felipe Melo in hopes of ending Inter’s title run, but the two failed to deliver the scudetto. Now Juventus is beginning to change, with Andrea Agnelli as the president, Beppe Marotta as the general manager, and Gigi Del Neri as the coach. But the first step to creating a squad of top quality players is selling the &nbsp;broken ones, and Juventus have plenty to get rid of.</p>
<p>While Diego and Felipe Melo were supposed to add Brazilian flair and defensive solidity to the team, they were unable to make their mark on the team. This past season Diego only scored 5 goals in 33 appearances (31 starts), which is very little compared to his past three seasons at Werder Bremen, where he scored 13 his first, 13 his second, and 12 in his last season in the Bundesliga. But maybe a more interesting fact is that Diego was subbed off 18 times, signfifying that he either had an injury mid-game every week, or wasn’t good enough, and was taken off.</p>
<p>Felipe Melo on the other hand has scored 4 goals in 29 appearances this season, but his real problem was his constant fouling and picking up of cards. He received 11 yellow cards, and 2 red cards due to accumulation of yellows, because of this high amount of cards, he has had to miss plenty of games because of suspension. And what’s the point in having a defensive midfielder who’s constantly suspended, getting red cards, and giving away fouls and penalties to the opposition?</p>
<p>While these two Brazilians haven’t delivered, Juventus are still willing to keep them for another season. Diego hasn’t received many offers, and will very probably stay, but Felipe Melo is in a different position. The club are listening to offers, which means they’re sitting around the phone, waiting for it to ring with an offer of above 10 million. If Juve don’t receive any decent offers, they’ll keep Melo for another season and see how it goes, but if Arsenal or Liverpool ask how much for the Brazilian, the club will certainly be looking to negotiate.</p>
<p>Juventus also have the slight problem called Amauri, the underperforming forward who scored 5 goals this past season with the club, and on his CV you’ll also see a very nice, big, direct red card. Amauri not only has underperformed, but he has a temper, and this results in yellows and reds which are not very useful for the team. The Italian-Brazilian wants to stay at Juventus, he says he has unpaid debts with the club and the fans, and that when he’s playing right, he’s the best. He also says he fears no one like Pazzini, Gilardino, or Dzeko (who could join Juventus this transfer window), and if he has the chance, will play for the Azzurri in the 2014 World Cup (which is in Brazil). So Amauri will be trying to avenge two very disappointing seasons as he will probably remain with the bianconeri for next season, but the 30 year-old isn’t getting any younger.</p>
<p>Juventus will also be looking to offload Trezeguet, who has received offers from Sevilla and Marseille. And the same with Giovinco, who is wanted very much by Bari, although Juventus might be only interested in a loan deal. Zebina is another weight on the squad list as he isn’t accomplishing much in his sporting career, and apparently he has received some offers. And Del Piero seems to have bothered his ankle/leg in training today, it’s not specified, but in training he seemed to step on it wrong, and with an expression of pain on his face, he stopped training. The medical staff are hoping that just a day of rest will be enough before he can resume training, but at 35 years of age, it might be time to retire for Del Piero.</p>
<p>So Juventus have plenty of players to sell, and in this economic crisis there’s two main clubs that have money, Manchester City and Real Madrid, the bad thing is, I’m pretty sure they’re not interested in any of these players. So Juventus will be looking to convince some players to leave, others to retire, and possibly a few to join for the strange experience which will be next season.</p>


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<p>Sampdoria have achieved great things under Del Neri, they were able to claim fourth spot and qualify for the qualifying rounds of the Champions League next season. Not only this, but they were competing heavily with Inter Milan for the scudetto at the beginning of the season. Now Del Neri is gone, and two names were being thrown around on who would lead them next season, Sinisa Mihajlovic, and Domenico Di Carlo (or Mimmo Di Carlo), it seems that the club has chosen Di Carlo to guide them into the Champions League.</p>
<p>No official announcements have been made by the clubs or thee manager, but it seems imminent that the Chievoverona manager will go to Sampdoria for next season. While at first many will think that this is a step down for Sampdoria, I think it’s a relatively smart decision considering who is out there, and what Mimmo has achieved. But let me say it know, it’s a shame that Sampdoria weren’t able to keep Del Neri, he left them for Juventus some time ago, leaving a club with Champions League football for one in ruins. Del Neri is an organized and skilled manager who could’ve done great things in the Champions League with Sampdoria, and if you’re interested in his departure from Sampdoria <a href="http:\/\/www.serieatalk.com/juventus-begins-to-make-changes/2415">here’s</a> an article about Del Neri joining Juventus.</p>
<p>In his first year in the Serie A, Di Carlo was able to guide newly-promoted &nbsp;Chievo up to 16th place, keeping the club in the top tier of Italian football. That 2008-2009 season was just the beginning as Di Carlo had big plans on where to take the club next season. And so this past season Chievo arrived 14th, two places higher and with much more solidity in the team’s play and style. It’s also important to note that Di Carlo has never had much to spend, and has achieved quite a bit with a team of rather old and aging players. So what could he achieve at Sampdoria with the likes of Cassano, Pazzini, Palombo and more? If he can strengthen the squad in the summer, keep important players, and then organize the team well, Sampdoria could make a dent in the Champions League and maybe the Serie A.</p>
<p>The Italian market for managers has become slightly smaller, we don’t see the big names floating around anymore like Mancini &nbsp;or Zenga, instead they’ve moved abroad to bigger clubs like Manchester City and Al-Nasr (ok, maybe not Al-Nasr). So for Sampdoria to find a manager like Domenico Di Carlo, I think it is a great success, and I expect next season’s Samporia to be organized and no weaker than this season’s.</p>


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