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Juventus is in the United States, in San Francisco, for the pre-season tour which sees the black and whites take part in the Soccer Champions Tour . The first friendly scheduled, however, against Xavi's Barcelona, did not take place, due to a virus that hit the blaugrana . Massimiliano Allegri , in his third season since his return to Juventus, has made statements, reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport .
Allegri: "We have to figure out if we'll play in the Conference"
Allegri, next to Giuntoli, began by announcing: "Last year was special. The new season will be different, let's start again with confidence". Therefore, he concentrated on the current moment: " We have the whole group available. There are some physical problems, but we have all of August to fix the team if necessary: otherwise we are complete ". While, on the seasonal objectives, Allegri said: " Juventus must aim to return to the Champions League, from next year it will be fundamental. Without the penalty, we would have played it again this season. However, we must understand whether or not we will play the Conference League , to decide how to build the team " .
Pogba's condition
After talking about team objectives, Allegri moved on to talk about the conditions of the individuals. Firstly, he spoke of Pogba , who was out of action due to injuries for almost all of last season: " We want to recover him as soon as possible. He is doing differentiated work, but at the moment we don't know when he will return to train with the rest of the team ". Excluding the possibility of seeing him play on tour: " It will take at least a month to understand if he will be available to the team ". Only fatigue at the beginning of the season, however, for Vlahovic and Milik
Finally, Allegri went on to talk about the transfer market: " I talk about it every day with the director (Giuntoli), if we manage to improve the team we will do it, otherwise it is useless to take players because they are young to increase the number" .