Luciano Spalletti makes no secret of his admiration for Francisco Concei\u00e7\u00e3o. The Juventus manager has watched the winger excel in Serie A week in, week out and draws a comparison with a big name. According to the experienced coach, the young Portuguese player bears a resemblance to none other than Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Sky Italia, Spalletti elaborated on the winger\u2019s qualities, having been permanently signed by the Old Lady last summer. He sees in Concei\u00e7\u00e3o the same explosiveness and dribbling ability that have made the Egyptian Liverpool player a global star.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, the experienced coach also sees room for improvement in the Portuguese player. \u201cHe needs to play a bit more centrally. On the flanks, he is already often unstoppable,\u201d the manager notes. The forward\u2019s runs cause panic among Serie A defenders every week, but Spalletti demands greater versatility.<\/p>\n
In addition to his positioning, Spalletti sees two other key areas for improvement for the 23-year-old striker. \u201cHe needs to develop his decision-making and the ability to assess his passing options in one-on-one situations,\u201d<\/p>\n
In the summer of 2022, FC Porto loaned Concei\u00e7\u00e3o to Ajax. In Amsterdam, he made 28 appearances. In those 28 matches, the Portuguese player scored one goal for the Amsterdam side, after which Porto recalled him. Last summer, the winger moved to Turin for \u20ac32 million.<\/p>\n
Now that Salah has announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of this season, Anfield is buzzing with rumours about a successor. The focus is said to be on Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, who is on the list. The two players share many similarities in terms of playing style. \u201cIt\u2019s a fair comparison,\u201d said Spalletti.<\/p>\n
Concei\u00e7\u00e3o has already played 35 matches this season, scoring four goals and providing four assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luciano Spalletti makes no secret of his admiration for Francisco Concei\u00e7\u00e3o. The Juventus manager has watched the winger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,29135,31512,200],"class_list":["post-56962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-ajax","tag-amsterdam","tag-juventus","tag-l-spalletti","tag-netherlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116365280269758018","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}