This Juve has excellent individuals but unfortunately poorly assembled. At the back, only Szczesny, De Ligt and hopefully Demiral can be considered as part of the backbone, with Chiellini guiding them. Bonucci is reliable as long as he doesn’t play the finals.

Both the fullback positions need major upgrade. Alex Sandro’s days are numbered, MDS is a deadwood and Danilo offers little quality.

In the middle, Bentancur and Arthur have the quality and can form a good partnership. Pogba is the ideal 3rd wheel but probably out of our reach.

Italy has a host of young good midfielders. Tonali, Castrovili, Locatelli but Zaniolo is the most impressive one. He’s also the most suitable one to complement Arthur-Bentancur. He will have time to develop while sharing duties with Rabiot and the oft-injured Ramsey.

Up front, Cristiano is good for another year and it looks like Dybala is going nowhere. Milik can replace Higuain and play the no.9. If we can offload the injury-prone Costa, Chiesa is not a bad option. He’s young, fast and Italian. Cuadrado is still useful coming off the bench.

So the starting fullbacks, Zaniolo, Milik and Chiesa. Difficult but doable. Realistically won’t be done in one summer but I don’t expect too much so any progress is a progress. Forza Juve!!!