lichtsteiner

Gianluca Di Marzio clarified the situation of Juventus full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner, who it emerged was a target of Inter.

“In fact the former Lazio player has never pushed not to move to Inter. The brother and agent of Lichtsteiner requested only to Juventus willingness to consider offers from Italy, with Juventus willing, however, only to sell the player abroad with proposals from West Ham and Leicester but have not found the agreement with the Swiss.

“There is no real possibility of the sale, then. There is, however, the renewal assumptions, that was the priority Lichtsteiner who wants to end his career at Juventus and then do the course in Coverciano to start a new path as a coach.

“The Swiss defender has asked for a much higher salary to extend his contract expiring in 2017, getting the ‘no’ from Juventus. But in the last days he would be satisfied with a smaller sum to find an agreement. But there is an option in the contract of Lichtsteiner allowing Juventus to automatically extend the player’s contract, to be exercised by January. If this does not happen, the Bianconeri will have to pay a penalty of €750,000 to the Swiss,” it said on the website of the journalist.

The player, meanwhile, has been excluded from the Champions League list. For Juventus, it is a technical choice, since it came down to a choice between Hernanes and Lichtsteiner. Considering the absence of Marchisio in the first part of the season, they decided to pick the Brazilian sacrificing Lichtsteiner,”

This is a clear signal of how Lichtsteiner has been relegated to third choice in Allegri’s hierarchy for the right wing behind Dani Alves and Cuadrado. This may be a reason that forces Juventus to resolve the situation by January” writes Di Marzio.

Source: gianlucadimarzio.com