This is not a Juve for old men: against Empoli Motta launches another youngster

With the internationals out, the Juventus coach worked with the group during the break and found another element who is a surprise candidate for this season: here's who he is

Mbangula scored against Como. Savona against Verona. Will there be room for another youngster against Empoli?

Watch out for Thiago Motta , because when he doesn't have the whole squad available (as happened for a long part of the summer), he usually invents something with the youngsters. And in this international break, in addition to inserting Koopmeiners and Douglas Luiz who remained in Turin as best as possible , he has reflected on the possibility of using Vasilije Adzic , the Montenegrin attacking midfielder, who in recent days has fully recovered his form after the summer injury.

Adzic had stopped at the beginning of August due to a muscular problem, just when Motta had fallen in love with his technical qualities, after the week of retreat in Germany. Now that he is available again and has trained in these days with his teammates, he teased the coach to launch another youngster. Adzic could have space against Empoli on Saturday at 18. As a starter or a substitute, Motta wants to exploit his speed and his technique .

Adzic, who just turned 18, was one of Cristiano Giuntoli 's first purchases , taking him last January from Podgorica and leaving him in his home team until the end of the season. He paid 3 million for him, which could become 6 over the next few years if all the bonuses kick in. He was destined for the Next Gen, but Thiago diverted him to the first team . He is an attacking midfielder, but he is also capable of playing as a left winger, perfect in the 4-2-3-1 that Juventus is using in these first outings.