Just wanna put it out there that Dusan is by far the highest paid player in our club currently. He earns more than our captain, Danilo and our Vice Captain, Manuel Locatelli COMBINED. In layman terms, he is currently on Premier League wages outside Premier League.
So you have every right to expect him to perform or at-least show some return for the enormous amount Juventus have invested in him. So let your heart out and tell us what you expect from our Serbian striker for the upcoming season!
I expect (would be happy with) 20 league goals
And over 4 in champions league. But I also expect him to get better on the ball and be more involved as the year goes on.
25+ goals all competitions
At least 20 goals, no less
I personally think that Motta has to tweak his philosophy on how his team plays or else it will be a disaster season for Juventus. And I’m saying that because Dusan is not the kind of striker who likes to drop deep and link with the team. He is more of a pure number 9 who stays in the box and scores from headers and good finishes.
Joshua Zirkee was pivotal for the way Motta played his team in Bologna. He was a striker that had great awareness and movement. He was always dropping deep to link with the players and try to lead the center backs away from their back line before quickly playing a one-two and trying to score.
It’s also partly why I think our team is currently struggling offensively. We have no quality wingers playing and Yildiz will get better with time, not right away. That’s why we need wingers who can take on their man and try to cross the ball to Vlahovic. Or else he will be as isolated as he looked in the past 4 pre season games.
With the risk of taking a lot of downvotes..
I had a lot of expectations when Dusan joined Juventus, I’ve liked him a lot…I thought that his lack of form is because of the so famous called “acommodation period”, but time elapsed and I lost my hope regarding him..at this point I think he is an average striker and nothing else..sorry just my 2 cents..ok, he has grinta, he has desire, but that s all..I don’t think he is the one who can lead this team to a trophy..BUT I hope I am wrong and he will prove us the opposite..
Very low, i wish we could have sold him
Let’s go back to June, before Euro 24
Sell Vlahovic (40) + Gatti (20).
Buy Morata (13) + Calafiori (35)
Explanation: Morata is 32 but this age is not that much nowadays (see Giroud). he can play better with team and even if it’s not the best scorer, Dusan didn’t prove he can score 25 goals. I don’t like Calafiori much as the rest of you but he’s italian, young, and already worked with Motta so he was ok for me too, and the price wasn’t so high before Euro (well it was too high for me but it grew even higher)
If this was still possible, would you do it?
If he continues like he did against Atletico, I’ll be surprised if he reaches 10 goals this season
I’m a part Serbian Juve fan I’ve wanted him to succeed more than anyone. Does he deserve another chance? Yes. Does he deserve to be by FAR the highest earner on the team? Absolutely not. If Motta’s tactics work for him I’m sure he can bag a bunch of goals, lets hope the players around him also wake up
Top Scorer Serie A
I want at least 20 goals
1) To be able to control a long ball from our defenders
2) To score more of his chances in the box
Bench.
Milik is better than him
Let’s start with: 0 penalties missed lol
For him to be sold in January, he is awful and hogging the wage bill
I expect to have a good replacement on the bench because even if I think he could be a scoring machine but at the moment I doubt it will happen for us, this season.
Some great goals but also some poor misses.
Very low
He will score max 15 in all competitions and will be sold next summer.
He’ll score some goals, hike his shorts up far too often and have two, maybe three, bad haircuts.
25-30 goals. 5 free kicks
I expect capacannoniere but I’ll realistically be frustrated with him for missing sitters too often 😔
Vlahovic lacks fundamentals!!!
The minimum. Put effort in and stop complaining every 5 seconds.
He has to become a goal machine, before he had the excuse of allegri’s game, but he gotta perform or he’ll get the boot as it should be
I do not expect much, since we currently have a problem with quality and depth with the wings and until we fix this I am not too confident. But also we lost (or are about to lose) key midfielders and currently the new players will need time (D. Luiz played Copa America and Thuram does not feel to prepared based on the pre-season matches). I think the team in general is not totally prepared and it will take time. In the first month or so there are fairly easy games, at least on paper, against Como, Verona, Empoli, Genoa – where you would expect Vlahovic to score, it might be difficult due to the missing harmony in the squad. On top there is the question of tactics and formation. If we look at last season at Bologna – Zirkzee had only 12 goals but 7 assists. This is because in Motta’s world, the striker drops deeper and gets involved in the build up more. Which I personally find suitable for Vlahovic so less goals but more assists is my expectation. But let’s see.
#An interesting insight from last season in to the direction of harmony, players leaving etc.:
#Vlahovic Goals asissted by:
McKennie 8 (unwanted)
Chiesa 1 (unwanted)
Iling Junior 1 (sold)
Cambiasso 2
Miretti 1
Locatelli 1
Danilo 1
#Goals Vlahovic assisted to:
Chiesa 1
Rabiot 1
Rugani 1
So out of the 18 goals and 3 assists, it is striking that 8 were assisted by McKennie. There is no other player that seemed to have linked well last season. Chiesa – 1 assist and 1 assisted by and Cambiaso 2 assists.
So far no good
All competitions he should have 25 goals if its 50 games. League should be near 20 goals. If he doesnt perform this season he’s done. We saw him struggle under Allegri and Serbia in two competitions. Hes at the age were if he doesn’t perform its best for both parties to separate
Capocannoniere
If koop n 2 wingers 30 goals
If not 10
20 in the league
Dusan never clicked for me. But I hope he does well so Juve can win something, and he can be sold for some substantial amount.
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Just wanna put it out there that Dusan is by far the highest paid player in our club currently. He earns more than our captain, Danilo and our Vice Captain, Manuel Locatelli COMBINED. In layman terms, he is currently on Premier League wages outside Premier League.
So you have every right to expect him to perform or at-least show some return for the enormous amount Juventus have invested in him. So let your heart out and tell us what you expect from our Serbian striker for the upcoming season!
I expect (would be happy with) 20 league goals
And over 4 in champions league. But I also expect him to get better on the ball and be more involved as the year goes on.
25+ goals all competitions
At least 20 goals, no less
I personally think that Motta has to tweak his philosophy on how his team plays or else it will be a disaster season for Juventus. And I’m saying that because Dusan is not the kind of striker who likes to drop deep and link with the team. He is more of a pure number 9 who stays in the box and scores from headers and good finishes.
Joshua Zirkee was pivotal for the way Motta played his team in Bologna. He was a striker that had great awareness and movement. He was always dropping deep to link with the players and try to lead the center backs away from their back line before quickly playing a one-two and trying to score.
It’s also partly why I think our team is currently struggling offensively. We have no quality wingers playing and Yildiz will get better with time, not right away. That’s why we need wingers who can take on their man and try to cross the ball to Vlahovic. Or else he will be as isolated as he looked in the past 4 pre season games.
With the risk of taking a lot of downvotes..
I had a lot of expectations when Dusan joined Juventus, I’ve liked him a lot…I thought that his lack of form is because of the so famous called “acommodation period”, but time elapsed and I lost my hope regarding him..at this point I think he is an average striker and nothing else..sorry just my 2 cents..ok, he has grinta, he has desire, but that s all..I don’t think he is the one who can lead this team to a trophy..BUT I hope I am wrong and he will prove us the opposite..
Very low, i wish we could have sold him
Let’s go back to June, before Euro 24
Sell Vlahovic (40) + Gatti (20).
Buy Morata (13) + Calafiori (35)
Explanation: Morata is 32 but this age is not that much nowadays (see Giroud). he can play better with team and even if it’s not the best scorer, Dusan didn’t prove he can score 25 goals. I don’t like Calafiori much as the rest of you but he’s italian, young, and already worked with Motta so he was ok for me too, and the price wasn’t so high before Euro (well it was too high for me but it grew even higher)
If this was still possible, would you do it?
If he continues like he did against Atletico, I’ll be surprised if he reaches 10 goals this season
I’m a part Serbian Juve fan I’ve wanted him to succeed more than anyone. Does he deserve another chance? Yes. Does he deserve to be by FAR the highest earner on the team? Absolutely not. If Motta’s tactics work for him I’m sure he can bag a bunch of goals, lets hope the players around him also wake up
Top Scorer Serie A
I want at least 20 goals
1) To be able to control a long ball from our defenders
2) To score more of his chances in the box
Bench.
Milik is better than him
Let’s start with: 0 penalties missed lol
For him to be sold in January, he is awful and hogging the wage bill
I expect to have a good replacement on the bench because even if I think he could be a scoring machine but at the moment I doubt it will happen for us, this season.
Some great goals but also some poor misses.
Very low
He will score max 15 in all competitions and will be sold next summer.
He’ll score some goals, hike his shorts up far too often and have two, maybe three, bad haircuts.
25-30 goals. 5 free kicks
I expect capacannoniere but I’ll realistically be frustrated with him for missing sitters too often 😔
Vlahovic lacks fundamentals!!!
The minimum. Put effort in and stop complaining every 5 seconds.
He has to become a goal machine, before he had the excuse of allegri’s game, but he gotta perform or he’ll get the boot as it should be
I do not expect much, since we currently have a problem with quality and depth with the wings and until we fix this I am not too confident. But also we lost (or are about to lose) key midfielders and currently the new players will need time (D. Luiz played Copa America and Thuram does not feel to prepared based on the pre-season matches). I think the team in general is not totally prepared and it will take time. In the first month or so there are fairly easy games, at least on paper, against Como, Verona, Empoli, Genoa – where you would expect Vlahovic to score, it might be difficult due to the missing harmony in the squad. On top there is the question of tactics and formation. If we look at last season at Bologna – Zirkzee had only 12 goals but 7 assists. This is because in Motta’s world, the striker drops deeper and gets involved in the build up more. Which I personally find suitable for Vlahovic so less goals but more assists is my expectation. But let’s see.
#An interesting insight from last season in to the direction of harmony, players leaving etc.:
#Vlahovic Goals asissted by:
McKennie 8 (unwanted)
Chiesa 1 (unwanted)
Iling Junior 1 (sold)
Cambiasso 2
Miretti 1
Locatelli 1
Danilo 1
#Goals Vlahovic assisted to:
Chiesa 1
Rabiot 1
Rugani 1
So out of the 18 goals and 3 assists, it is striking that 8 were assisted by McKennie. There is no other player that seemed to have linked well last season. Chiesa – 1 assist and 1 assisted by and Cambiaso 2 assists.
So far no good
All competitions he should have 25 goals if its 50 games. League should be near 20 goals. If he doesnt perform this season he’s done. We saw him struggle under Allegri and Serbia in two competitions. Hes at the age were if he doesn’t perform its best for both parties to separate
Capocannoniere
If koop n 2 wingers 30 goals
If not 10
20 in the league
Dusan never clicked for me. But I hope he does well so Juve can win something, and he can be sold for some substantial amount.
And then get Marcus Thuram with that money 😛