Despite the current injury crisis, Luca Pellegrini was nowhere to be seen during Juve’s final group stage match against Malmo.
This is because the young Italian was not included in the club’s Champions League list at the start of the campaign.
However, following the conclusion of the first round of the competition, the managers will have the opportunity to edit their lists before the start of the knockout stage.
According to JuventusNews24, Max Allegri is set to add the left-back to his European squad for the next stage of the competition after impressing in Serie A lately.
However, this would effectively leave someone else out of the list, and the report expect this person to be Aaron Ramsey.
The Welshman is suffering for both fitness and playing time since the start of the season, and the manager should have enough men in midfield to cover for his absence.
Nevertheless, the former Arsenal man could leave the club in January, which could pave the way for the arrival of a new midfielder to Turin.
In this case, Pellegrini could end up facing the cut yet again, as told by the source.
Juve FC say
Many things can change between now and February, especially with the winter transfer session taking place next month.
But Pellegrini has been challenging Alex Sandro for a starting berth as of late, and if he continues to deliver the goods, then perhaps he’ll earn his European spot regardless of the potential arrival of a new midfielder.
If Ramsey leaves and we pick up another midfielder, then we should exclude either Bentancur, Arthur, or Rabbiot and get pellegrini on the list as we are heavily exposed with an underperforming Sandro in that position and De Sciglio is not reliable enough with injury.
I would play Luca Pellegrini or Mattia De Scigilo every time ahead of Alex Sandro. I believe the Brazilian has declined in performance and influence every season he has been in Turin and now he offers little to nothing to the team. It’s time he moved on along with many others I could mention, some obvious and some controversial but’s that’s for another post. We need to raise money, a lot of money, to revamp the squad and that will take some dynamic work in the transfer market. Whether our management team are capable of blue-sky thinking is doubtful as they can’t seem to agree on anything and have made some catastrophic decisions that have contributed greatly to where we are now.