Giovanni Carnevali has been in the corridors of power at Continassa for a matter of weeks, and already the new Juventus director is playing a characte...
Giovanni Carnevali has been in the corridors of power at Continassa for a matter of weeks, and already the new Juventus director is playing a characteristically cool hand. GoalZaza understands that Carnevali has confirmed he has not exchanged a single word with Dusan Vlahovic since taking up his post. That silence, delivered with a shrug and a nod to the Serbian's talent, tells us more about the club's current thinking than any polished press release ever could.Let's be blunt about it. When a director of football deliberately keeps his distance from the club's highest earner and most prominent centre forward, you are not looking at an oversight. You are looking at a strategic pause. Carnevali has left the door open, sure, but he has not walked through it. That careful phrasing suggests Juventus are weighing up their options. Vlahovic's explosive finishing has never been in question, but the tactical flexibility required in Thiago Motta's system demands more than just clinical finishing from a number nine. The question hanging over the Allianz Stadium is whether Vlahovic can be that player or whether his future lies elsewhere.Meanwhile, the Bianconeri are also tied up in the future of defender Jaka Bijol, with Udinese playing hardball. GoalZaza sources indicate that Carnevali's shopping list is not limited to a single profile. The need for a left sided centre back is real, and the name of Jaka Lucumi has also been floated around the training ground. At the same time, the futures of homegrown talents such as Fabio Miretti and the promising Samuele Muharemovic remain under internal review. For a club that has lurched from one identity crisis to another in recent seasons, this period of quiet evaluation might be exactly what the doctor ordered. But make no mistake, the silence from Carnevali's office is the loudest sound in Turin right now.
