Season 16 – The Nearly Men

Another season rolls over & the Bianconeri continue to hold the ‘Nearly Men’ status in Division 1.

Juventus have maintained a status in Division 1 for as long as Top 100 has existed & season 16 proved to be no different as DP91 & his side yet again strolled along to a Top 4 finish, perhaps for a 3rd season in their history, running close to a first title win for the club.

Top 100s third most successful ever club & the GWs second most successful manager just cannot seem to get the title win in Division 1 & all in all for Season 16, no more honours were added to the haul over the years for the club.

x2 – Charity Shield
x2 – Top 100 Cup
x3 – Top 100 Shield
x3 – Top 100 Youth Cup
x1 – Top 100 Youth Shield.

The squad has transitioned again, an ever ongoing trend of the management of DP, but significant post Season 16 deals may show insight into another push for achieving what the club so far have been unable to tick off the list.

Player	Position	Age	Rating
Jan Oblak	GK	28	95
Ersin Destanoglu	GK	20	83
Matthijs De Ligt	CB	22	92
~~Benoit Badiashile~~	CB	20	88
Nathan Wood	CB	19	73
Soumaila Coulibaly	CB	17	70
Levi Colwill	CB	18	70
Timothee Pembele	CB	18	75
~~Lucas Hernandez~~	LB/CB	25	91
Marquinhos	CB	27	94
Tanguy Nianzou	CB	19	78
Benjamin Pavard	RB/CB	25	91
~~Devyne Rensch~~	CB/RB/LB	18	82
~~Mitchel Bakker~~	LB	21	85
~~Aster Vranckx~~	CM	18	82
~~Ethan Ampadu~~	CB/CDM	20	83
Yann Couto	RB	19	80
~~Jeremie Frimpong~~	RB/LB	20	83
~~Hans Hateboer~~	RB/CB	27	90
Joshua Kimmich	CDM/RB	26	95
~~Manu Kone~~	CDM	20	82
~~Xavi Simons~~	CM	18	70
~~Gio Reyna~~	AM	18	87
Bernardo Silva	AM	27	93
Phil Foden	CM/AM/LW	21	90
Pedri Gonzalez	CM/AM	18	89
Florian Wirtz	AM	18	87
Jamal Musiala	AM/W	18	85
Adam Karabec	CM/AM/W	18	80
~~Eliano Reijnders~~	AM	20	78
Bukayo Saka	LB/LW/AM/RW	19	89
Romelu Lukaku	CF	28	94
El Bilal Toure	CF	19	83
Joshua Zirkzee	CF	20	82
Fabio Blanco	W	17	70
Jadon Sancho	W	21	92
Kai Havertz	W/AM/CF	22	91
~~Adam Hlozek~~	CF	19	85
Kevin Zefi	W/CF	16	65
Raheem Sterling	W	26	94

New arrivals look to bolster the Juventus squad with as ever a mixture of First Team additions & youth team players with scope for a future in the Youth Team & eventually First Team.

Player	Position	Age	Rating
Jakov-Anton Vasilj	CM/AM	19	70
Alessandro Bastoni	CB	22	91
Alphonso Davies	LB/LWB/LW	21	92
Darren Yapi	CF	17	65
Charlie Savage	CDM/CM	18	70
Serdar Saatci	CB	18	70
Nacho Ferri	CF	17	67
Ricardo Perreira	RB/LB	28	90
Loum Tchaouna	CF	18	73
Josh Atencio	CDM/CM	19	78
Yehor Yarmolyuk	CAM/W	17	75
Alex Scott	CAM	18	70
Bruno Fernandes	CAM	27	94

What does this now look like for the Juventus First Team?

Juventus believe there are still 1-2 areas for improvement but the market must be right when players outside the first team currently include names such as; Pedri, Foden, Saka, Wirtz, Musiala.

The acquisitions of Alphonso Davies (92), Alessandro Bastoni (91) & Bruno Fernandes (94) are evidently the key additions to the squad, two of which go straight into the First Team squad, however a hit to the Youth Team is the consequence. Benoit Badiashile (88), Gio Reyna (87), Adam Hlozek (85), Devyne Rensch (82), Jeremie Frimpong (86), Mitchel Bakker (86), Xavi Simons (73) all departed from said Youth Team in addition to First Team based Lucas Hernandez (91), Kai Havertz (91).

So the Youth Team, how can that look next season?