Former Juventus forward Alessandro del Piero said Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo should "talk to Allegri and Juventus if they want to continue together."
Alessandro Del Piero has spoken about his former club Juventus’ struggles last season and defended the management of Andrea Pirlo while suggesting Cristiano Ronaldo should look at changing his playing style to squeeze the best out of the final years of his career. “You have to see if a player is functional or not. I think CR7 has entered a stage in his career where he can no longer do the things he did ten or five years ago, he should think about changing his program in line with his potential, which remains very high,” Juve’s record appearance holder and top goalscorer said in an interview with Corriere della Sera."He'll have to talk to the club and to Allegri if they want to continue together."
Del Piero also said Pirlo had been unfairly criticized after Juventus narrowly qualified for the Champions League after seeing their stranglehold on the Serie A title broken by Inter. “The difficulties were not only his, but Juventus’ as a whole. It would be unfair to place all the blame on Andrea.”
Del Piero not ruling out Juventus return
The former Italy forward is set to commentate on Euro 2020 for Sky Italia, but he is also doing his badges to become a coach alongside some old teammates. “[Christian] Vieri is the most undisciplined. [Paulo] De Rossi is already a coach, he just needs a bench and that will happen soon.”
Of his own future, Del Piero said he would probably not be taking up a boardroom position at Juve like Paolo Maldini at AC Milan. “I’m not closing any doors. They haven’t ever called me but I wouldn’t want a role based on what I did in the past, that will always be there like my relationship with Juve. I’d like to do something based on who I am and what I can give now.”
GodOfFootball7
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As football fans we all know that ronaldo has started declining in his performance in the recent matches. He misses some major chances as well. But whatever he has done until now , he deserves respect. A humble request to both messi and ronaldo fanboys to stop being toxic now....
Anthovagasta
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Ronaldo to Del piero
Nokiopyz
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Del piero did you know?
sehajbains_02
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Cristiano's any random big season is bigger than Del Piero's entire career Fun fact - Cristano had 10 KO UCL goals in 2016/17 season and Del Piero had 7 overall KO goals in his entire career [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Mikeson
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Sir Alessandro Del Piero the love I have for you can never die but if you were able to do this same this then you won't have left juve at 33 yrs sir... You're my legend but you and Vieri needs to shut up about that Goat.. Have you forgotten it is against our tradition for an old player Juve to criticize an active Juve player....???? When he leaves you can say what you like, right now he represents that Logo and it's called Family..
Mocmnop
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He was playing with a solid team 5 or ten years ago and even though he's current club isn't top form he still has the stats to proof he's world class. Although I must admit I miss the Madrid CR7
21Legacy
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Why should he do the things he did 5 or 10 years ago? They're old. We want new things
Brightberry
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He's a human, not a Robot.
ŤhéĽéğêňđ
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OFFICIAL:Del Piero Is the biggest Hater of CR7....Bcoz he said that CR7 cant do wht he did b4 while he's the Top Goal Scorer in Serie A[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]