Juventus returned from the international break over the weekend, and while it wasn’t the best performance they were able to get three points in a game against Lazio in which they were far from being full strength.
While many in the Italian media still think a contract termination by Juventus is the likely scenario, the French midfielder has certainly come back into the public eye after his four-year doping suspension was reduced.
As we sit here in the middle of another international break, we wait for Juventus to get going again. But the worry is that when they return to action, the squad Thiago Motta will have at his disposal is going to be far from full strength.