In the event that Juventus are knocked out of the Champions League at this stage, they will have to sacrifice a player to balance the accounts due to their earlier than planned exit according to a report from Corriere dello Sport.

Juventus trail Atletico Madrid 2-0 on aggregate heading in to next Tuesday’s second leg and the Rome based newspaper detail that one of the suspects to be sacrificed is Douglas Costa.

Costa aside, Paulo Dybala is another player who could be sacrificed although ultimately neither the club or the player wish to part ways with one another.

The Argentine attacker has drawn links to Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Inter have also been linked with there being widespread speculation that Inter and their arch-rivals could perform a swap deal involving him and Mauro Icardi.

As per various reports, the Bianconeri have slapped a €120 million price tag on the 25-year-old who has scored nine goals and tallied six assists in 32 appearances this season.