OFFICIAL: Milik bolsters Juventus attack

First thing on Friday morning, Juventus announced the signing of Arkadiusz Milik on loan. The Polish striker arrives in the Italian city from Marseille. 

It will not be the 28 year-old striker's first time in Serie A. He played for Napoli between 2016 and 2020. During his time at Napoli, he scored a total of 48 goals in 122 matches. 

It was in that time when Milik's career went through a bad patch due to injury. The striker tore his ACL in his left knee in October 2016, during a game for Poland against Denmark. Up until then, he had scored seven goals in nine matches for the Neapolitan outfit. 

After leaving his injury behind him,. the player, who had been previously at Gornik Zabrze, Bayer Leverkusen, Augsburg and Ajax, managed to gradually get close to his good numbers of previous seasons at Napoli. In summer 2020, Marseille had their eyes on the Pole, who is now leaving the Velodrome after 30 goals in 55 matches since then. 

 

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A signing which is bad news for Barca

Milik arrives in Turin to bolster an attack which had been left weakened by the departurres of Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata. The Pole will be Dusan Vlahovic's strike partner in an attack which could have included someone else. 

Memphis Depayu ended up being a prioritty for Juventus. In fact, Pavel Nedved, Juventus vice-president, admitted interest in the Dutchman, but made it clear they have faith in the Pole. 

According to reports from Barcelona, Depay's financial demands led to Juventus looking the other way in search of alternatives. For Barcelona, this choice is a setback as they will have to urgently look for another club for the former Lyon man.