Real join Chelsea, Man City in race for Juventus defender
Don Balon now claim (via Tribal Football) that the 29-year-old is being targeted by Real Madrid. The Juventus defender recently got into a tiff with Coach Max Allegri, the two having a shouting match at the end of the Bianconeri’s 4-1 win over Palermo over a week ago.
The Old Lady’s defender has had Manchester City and Chelsea on his tail for quite some time, but has previously refused to countenance a move out of loyalty towards Juventus.
Dropped for the Champions League victory over Porto in midweek, our own Nicola Balice wrote at the time that the defender feels like Juventus let him down, and that he was made an example of.
Antonio Conte is a big fan of Bonucci’s, having worked with him at Juventus already, while Pep Guardiola spoke in glowing terms of the Italian last year.
Zinedine Zidane has, meanwhile, given the Real Madrid board the green light to pursue the Viterbo native.